Overlap and competition for nest holes among eclectus parrots, palm cockatoos and sulphur-crested cockatoos

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-94

  Heinsohn, Robert ^a   Murphy, Stephen ^a   Legge, Sarah ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NEST SITE; NICHE OVERLAP; SITE SELECTION; TREEHOLE;

AUSTRALIA;

CACATUA; CACATUA GALERITA; CACATUIDAE; ECLECTUS; ECLECTUS RORATUS; GALERITA; PROBOSCIGER ATERRIMUS; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 0038284761     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO02003     Document Type: Article

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