Population size, provisioning frequency, flock size and foraging range at the largest known colony of Psittaciformes: The Burrowing Parrots of the north-eastern Patagonian coastal cliffs

Emu

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-79

  Masello, Juan F ^a,b,c   Pagnossin, María Luján ^d   Sommer, Christina ^e   Quillfeldt, Petra ^f  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^d FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; FOOD PROVISIONING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; POPULATION SIZE;

ARGENTINA; RIO NEGRO [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

CYANOLISEUS PATAGONUS; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 33644860465     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU04047     Document Type: Article

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