Foraging distances and habitat preferences of a recent urban coloniser: The Australian white ibis

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 65-72

  Martin, John M ^a,c   French, Kris ^a   Ross, Geoffrey A ^b   Major, Richard E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Climate Change and Water   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data logger; Landfill; Pest management; Radio track; Site fidelity; Threskiornis molucca

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; RADIO TRANSMISSION; URBAN PLANNING;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATA LOGGER; HABITAT PREFERENCES; LOCAL MANAGEMENT; PEST MANAGEMENT; SITE FIDELITY; THRESKIORNIS MOLUCCA; URBAN POPULATION;

LAND FILL;

ADULT; BREEDING POPULATION; COLONIAL ORGANISM; COLONIZATION; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FEEDING GROUND; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDFILL; MOVEMENT; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; RADIOTELEMETRY; ROOST SITE; SITE FIDELITY; URBAN AREA; WADER;

AVES; EUDOCIMUS; IBIS; THRESKIORNIS MOLUCCA;

EID: 79959798788     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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