Species interactions and habitat associations of birds inhabiting urban areas of Sydney, Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 217-227

  Parsons, Holly ^a   Major, Richard E ^b,c   French, Kris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c Birds Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Garden characteristics; Noisy miner; Small birds; Species interactions; Urban

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; HABITAT QUALITY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY;

ACRIDOTHERES TRISTIS; AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FRINGILLIDAE; MANORINA MELANOCEPHALA; NEOCHMIA TEMPORALIS; STREPERA GRACULINA; ZOSTEROPS LATERALIS;

EID: 33644641231     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01584.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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