The effect of Noisy Miners on small bush birds: An unofficial cull and its outcome

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 185-189

  Debus, S J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggressive exclusion; Noisy Miners; Remnant woodland; Revegetation; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BIRD; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FAUNA; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; PATCHINESS; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

AVES; MANORINA MELANOCEPHALA; OVIS ARIES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 56349144272     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc080185     Document Type: Article

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