The range and habitat characteristics of the thick-billed grasswren (Amytornis textilis) in the Shark Bay region, Western Australia

Wildlife Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 245-256

  Brooker, Belinda ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT SELECTION; NEST SITE; PASSERINE;

AUSTRALIA;

AMYTORNIS TEXTILIS; TRIODIA SPINIFEX;

EID: 0034116968     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR99041     Document Type: Article

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