Dispersal and population dynamics of the blue-breasted fairy-wren, Malurus pulcherrimus, in fragmented habitat in the Western Australian wheatbelt

Wildlife Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 225-233

  Brooker, Lesley ^a   Brooker, Michael ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALIA;

MALURUS; MALURUS PULCHERRIMUS; PASSERIFORMES; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 0036407010     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR01113     Document Type: Article

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