Foraging ecology of the Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor in the box-ironbark forests and woodlands of Victoria

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 158-173

  Kennedy, Simon J ^a   Tzaros, Christopher L ^a,b  

^a Department of Sustainability and Environment ^*  (Australia)

^b Birds Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus flowering; Foraging preferences; Landform; Mobile species; Threatened species management; Tree diameter

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT STRUCTURE; VEGETATION TYPE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WORLD;

ACACIA; AVES; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS LEUCOXYLON; EUCALYPTUS SIDEROXYLON; LATHAMUS DISCOLOR; MUGGA; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 27644529473     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc050158     Document Type: Article

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