Home range and territoriality of Australian owlet-nightjars Aegotheles cristatus in diverse habitats

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 673-685

  Doucette, Lisa I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Desert; Home range overlap; Kernel; Site fidelity; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DESERT; ESTIMATION METHOD; HOME RANGE; ORNITHOLOGY; RANGE SIZE; RAPTOR; ROOSTING; SITE FIDELITY; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; NORTHERN TABLELANDS;

AEGOTHELES CRISTATUS; ARTHROPODA; AVES; CAPRIMULGIDAE;

EID: 77953913181     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-010-0497-9     Document Type: Article

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