Diurnal foraging-mode shifts and food availability in nectarivore assemblages during winter

Austral Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 264-277

  Timewell, C A R ^a,b   Mac Nally, R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Biosis Research Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Box ironbark forests; Eucalyptus tricarpa; Honeyeaters; Meliphagidae

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NECTARIVORY; PASSERINE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

AVES; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS SIDEROXYLON; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELIPHAGIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA; VICTORIA;

EID: 3142562938     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01344.x     Document Type: Article

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