Dispersal behaviour of Brown Treecreepers predicts functional connectivity for several other woodland birds

Emu

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-83

  Doerr, Veronica A J ^a,b   Doerr, Erik D ^a,b   Davies, Micah J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

foray search; gap crossing; habitat fragmentation; stepping stone

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DISPERSAL; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSCAPE; NATIVE SPECIES; PASSERINE; STEPPE; WOODLAND;

AVES; CLIMACTERIS PICUMNUS; CORMOBATES LEUCOPHAEUS; EOPSALTRIA AUSTRALIS; LICHENOSTOMUS FUSCUS; MELIPHAGIDAE;

EID: 79955366520     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU09118     Document Type: Article

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