Nesting requirements of the endangered Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor)

Emu

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 181-188

  Webb, Matthew H ^a,b   Holdsworth, Mark C ^a   Webb, Janneke ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

hollow nesting; nectarivore; nest tree; parrot conservation.

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NECTARIVORY; NESTING; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POPULATION DECLINE;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 84865235910     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU11014     Document Type: Article

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