Habitat preferences of the noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala) - A propensity for prime real estate?

Austral Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 306-316

  Oldland, Joanne M ^a   Taylor, Rick S ^a   Clarke, Michael F ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Group living; Noisy miner; Productivity; Remnant; Understorey

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN TREE; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; PASSERINE; SOIL TYPE; UNDERSTORY; WOODLAND;

AVES; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS LEUCOXYLON; MANORINA MELANOCEPHALA; MELIPHAGIDAE;

EID: 65249101704     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.01931.x     Document Type: Article

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