Availability of nest hollows and breeding population size of eclectus parrots, Eclectus roratus, on Cape York Peninsula, Australia

Wildlife Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-161

  Legge, S ^a   Heinsohn, R ^a   Garnett, S ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; RAINFOREST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREEHOLE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CAPE YORK PENINSULA; QUEENSLAND;

ECLECTUS; ECLECTUS RORATUS; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 2942702071     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR03020     Document Type: Article

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