Seasonal variation in the honeydew, invertebrate, fruit and nectar resource for bellbirds in a New Zealand mountain beech forest

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-23

  Murphy, David J ^a,b   Kelly, Dave ^a  

^a Dept of Plant/Microbial Sciences ^*  (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alepis flavida; Anthornis melanura; Bellbird; Foraging; Honeydew; Invertebrate; Mistletoe; Peraxilla tetrapetala; Pollination motualisms

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MUTUALISM; PASSERINE; POLLINATOR; SEASONAL VARIATION;

NEW ZEALAND;

ALEPIS FLAVIDA; ANTHORNIS MELANURA; FAGUS; INVERTEBRATA; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS SOLANDRI; PASSERIFORMES; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0038608170     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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