An appetite for connection: Why we need to understand the effect and value of feeding wild birds

Emu

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Jones, Darryl ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FEEDING; WILD POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA;

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EID: 79957815921     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MUv111n2_ED     Document Type: Review

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