Parrots, people and plants: Urban tree removal and habitat loss for the endangered swift parrot, Lathamus discolor

Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania

Volumn 145, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-4

  Hingston, Andrew B ^a   Piech, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birds; Black Gum; Eucalyptus globulus; Eucalyptus ovata; Lathamus discolor; Swift Parrots; Tasmanian Blue Gum; Threatened species management; Urban ecology; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857533194     PISSN: 00804703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26749/rstpp.145.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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