Nest-site selection by the Painted Honeyeater (Grantiella picta), a mistletoe specialist

Emu

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 213-220

  Barea, Laurence P ^a,b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Habitat selection; Nest orientation; Resources; Specialist; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; HOST PLANT; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SPECIALIST;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BINYA STATE FOREST; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ACACIA; AMYEMA; GRANTIELLA PICTA; MELIPHAGIDAE; SANTALUM ACUMINATUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 51349141866     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU07039     Document Type: Article

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