Resource availability controls bird-assemblage composition through interspecific aggression

Auk

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1097-1111

  Mac Nally, Ralph ^a   Timewell, Christopher A R ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Biosis Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthochaera curunculata; Australia; Eucalyptus; Honeyeater; Isoleg analysis; Lichenostomus; Meliphagidae; Melithreptus; Nectar; Nectarivore; Red Wattlebird; Resource defense

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NECTARIVORY; PASSERINE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ANTHOCHAERA; AVES; EUCALYPTUS; LICHENOSTOMUS; MELIPHAGIDAE; MELITHREPTUS; MOHO BRACCATUS;

EID: 28744452770     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[1097:RACBCT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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