Communal roosting in a suburban population of Torresian crows (Corvus orru)

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-33

  Everding, Susanne E ^a,b   Jones, Darryl N ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communal roosts; Corvids; Torresian crows; Urban bird ecology; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; POPULATION STATISTICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CLOUD COVER; COMMUNAL ROOSTING; PRE-ROOST GATHERING; URBAN BIRD ECOLOGY;

URBAN PLANNING;

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ROOSTING; TAGGING; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

AVES; CHOERODON; CORVIDA; CORVIDAE; CORVUS ORRU;

EID: 27544463091     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2004.09.024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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