Bird responses at inherent and induced edges in the Murray Mallee, South Australia. 2. Nest predation as an edge effect

Emu

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 170-175

  Luck, Gary W ^a,b   Possingham, Hugh P ^a   Paton, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; NEST PREDATION; PREDATION RISK;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY MALLE;

AVES;

EID: 0032834615     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU99020     Document Type: Article

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