Potential food resources available to malleefowl Leipoa ocellata in marginal mallee lands during drought

Austral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 418-428

  Harlen, Russell ^a,b   Priddel, David ^a  

^a NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid habitats; Diet; Feeding strategies; Food availability; Introduced species; Megapode; Species survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444408555     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1996.tb00628.x     Document Type: Article

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