The use of supplementary foods by Australian magpies Gymnorhina tibicen: Implications for wildlife feeding in suburban environments

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 208-216

  O'Leary, Rebecca ^a   Jones, Darryl N ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gymnorhina tibicen; Magpie; Supplementary feeding; Urban ecology; Wildlife feeding

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; FOOD PROVISIONING; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; PASSERINE; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

AVES; CORVIDAE; GYMNORHINA TIBICEN;

EID: 33644652293     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01583.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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