Annual cycle of the Helmeted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops cassidix, a sedentary inhabitant of a predictable environment

Ibis

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 256-268

  Franklin, Donald C ^a,c   Smales, Ian J ^b   Quin, Bruce R ^a   Menkhorst, Peter W ^a  

^a Yellingbo State Nature Reserve ^*  (Australia)

^b Healesville Sanctuary   (Australia)

^c Parks and Wildlife Service Northern Territory   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; BODY CONDITION; MOLT; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTION;

AUSTRALIA;

LICHENOSTOMUS MELANOPS;

EID: 0032945658     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1999.tb07548.x     Document Type: Article

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