Group composition and reproductive success of cooperatively breeding white-winged choughs (Corcorax melanorhamphos) in urban and non-urban habitat

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 588-596

  Beck, Nadeena R ^a   Heinsohn, Robert ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corcorax melanorhamphos; Dispersal; Landscape modification; Social behaviour; White winged chough

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NESTING SUCCESS; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; URBANIZATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; CANBERRA;

CORCORAX MELANORHAMPHOS;

EID: 33746216833     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01589.x     Document Type: Article

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