Bird numbers in drought and non-drought years in tropical Central Queensland, Australia

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-68

  Chan, Ken ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bird abundance; Bird numbers; Central Queensland; Drought; Nomads; Rockhampton; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; CATERING SERVICE; DROUGHT; MIGRATION; POPULATION; TROPICS;

AVIFAUNA; DROUGHT; POPULATION DECLINE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033490299     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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