The effects of foraging by the superb lyrebird (Menura novae-hollandiae) in Eucalyptus regnans forests at Beenak, Victoria

Austral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 383-394

  Ashton, D H ^a,c   Bassett, O D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Dept of Conserv and Nat Resources ^*  (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forest floor disturbance; Litter decomposition; Soil nutrients; Tree fern regeneration; Wet sclerophyll forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444381631     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1997.tb00688.x     Document Type: Article

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