Habitat of the Regent Honeyeater Xanthomyza phrygia and the value of the Bundarra-Barraba region for the conservation of avifauna

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 224-239

  Oliver, Damon L ^a,b   Ley, Andrew J ^c   Ford, Hugh A ^a   Williams, Beth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bird survey; Box ironbark woodland; Endangered species; Habitat selection; Nandewar Bioregion; Regent Honeyeater; Regional biodiversity; Riparian Gallery Forest

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION STATUS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT USE;

AUSTRALIA; BUNDARRA-BARRABA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

AVES; MELIPHAGIDAE; MOHO BRACCATUS; RIPARIA; VISCUM ALBUM; XANTHOMYZA PHRYGIA;

EID: 0033493708     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc990224     Document Type: Article

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