Little evidence that condition, stress indicators, sex ratio, or homozygosity are related to landscape or habitat attributes in declining woodland birds

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 045-054

  Amos, J N ^a   Balasubramaniam, S ^b   Grootendorst, L ^a   Harrisson, K A ^a   Lill, A ^a   Mac Nally, R ^a   Pavlova, A ^a   Radford, J Q ^c,d   Takeuchi, N ^a   Thomson, J R ^a   Sunnucks, P ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Bush Heritage Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AVIFAUNA; BODY CONDITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXTINCTION; FITNESS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HEMATOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

AVES;

EID: 84871930867     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2012.05746.x     Document Type: Article

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