What do declining woodland birds eat? A synthesis of dietary records

Emu

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-156

  Razeng, Emma ^a   Watson, David M ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

arthropods; diet; ground foraging; habitat fragmentation; insectivore; prey selection

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIOMASS; BIRD; DOMINANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INSECTIVORE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POPULATION DECLINE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84861485935     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU11099     Document Type: Article

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