Life history and demography of an uncooperative Australian passerine, the brown thornbill

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 633-649

  Green, David J ^a   Cockburn, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; LIFE HISTORY; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

AUSTRALIA;

ACANTHIZA;

EID: 0033377323     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO99052     Document Type: Article

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