Long-term variation in the distribution of the White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) across Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-145

  Shephard, Jill M ^a   Catterall, Carla P ^a   Hughes, Jane M ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance indices; Australia; Australian Bird Atlas data; El Ni o; White bellied Sea Eagle

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; RAPTOR;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; HALIAEETUS LEUCOGASTER; LEUCOGASTER;

EID: 17644382701     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01428.x     Document Type: Article

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