A comparison of the foraging behaviour of the eastern pygmy-possum (Cercartetus nanus) and nectarivorous birds in a Banksia integrifolia woodland

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-86

  Evans, Katharine M ^a   Bunce, Ashley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banksia integrifolia; Cercartetus nanus; Foraging movements; Nectarivorous birds; Pollination

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444281497     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/am00081     Document Type: Article

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