The spatial dynamics of White-browed Babbler groups in a fragmented agricultural landscape

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 271-280

  Cale, Peter G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b NPWSA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birds; Dispersal; Fragmentation; Metapopulations; White browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; GROUP SIZE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOME RANGE; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SITE FIDELITY;

AUSTRALIA; KELLERBERRIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA; POMATOSTOMUS; POMATOSTOMUS SUPERCILIOSUS; TIMALIIDAE;

EID: 0038033171     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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