Habitat and nest-site partitioning in splendid and variegated fairy-wrens (Aves: Maluridae)

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 317-326

  Tibbetts, Elizabeth ^a,c   Pruett Jones, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NEST SITE; PARTITIONING; SYMPATRY;

AVES; MALURIDAE; MALURUS LAMBERTI; MALURUS SPLENDENS; MALURUS SPLENDENS MELANOTUS; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 0032869593     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO99014     Document Type: Article

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