Abundance and habitat associations of parrots at a hillforest site in Papua New Guinea

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-21

  Marsden, Stuart J ^a   Symes, Craig T ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

AVES; CYCLOPSITTA; PROBOSCIGER ATERRIMUS; PSEUDEOS FUSCATA; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACULIROSTRIS; PSITTRICHAS FULGIDUS;

EID: 33645162921     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc060015     Document Type: Article

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