Temporal variation in flock size and habitat use of parrots in New Caledonia

Condor

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 552-563

  Legault, Andrew ^a,b   Theuerkauf, Jörn ^b   Rouys, Sophie ^c,e   Chartendrault, Vivien ^d   Barré, Nicolas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

^c Conservation Research New Caledonia ^*  (New Caledonia)

^d CIRAD   (France)

^e Societe Caledonienne d'Ornithologie   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ecology; Forest edge; New Caledonia; Parrot

Indexed keywords

AVES; CYANORAMPHUS; EUNYMPHICUS CORNUTUS; PSITTACIDAE; TRICHOGLOSSUS HAEMATODUS;

EID: 84865730298     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2012.110154     Document Type: Article

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