Behavioural Adaptation of a Bird from Transient Wetland Specialist to an Urban Resident

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Martin, John ^a,b   French, Kris ^a   Major, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; FEMALE; IBIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES REFUGE; URBAN AREA; WETLAND;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION; WETLANDS;

AVES; EUDOCIMUS; IBIS;

EID: 84869814805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050006     Document Type: Article

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