Examination of factors potentially affecting riparian bird assemblages in a tropical Queensland savanna

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-144

  Bengsen, Andrew J ^a,b   Pearson, Richard G ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grazing; Riparian fencing; Savanna birds

Indexed keywords

BIRD; RIPARIAN ZONE; SAVANNA; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

AVES;

EID: 33745684078     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2006.280_3.x     Document Type: Article

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