Kingfishers in paradise: The breeding biology of Tanysiptera sylvia at the Iron Range National Park, Cape York

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-98

  Legge, Sarah ^a   Heinsohn, Robert ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SITE FIDELITY;

AUSTRALIA;

TANYSIPTERA SYLVIA;

EID: 0035010614     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO00090     Document Type: Article

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