Resource availability and foraging of Silvereyes (Zosterops lateralis) in urban trees

Emu

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-32

  Waite, Edward ^a   Closs, Gerard P ^a   Van Heezik, Yolanda ^a   Dickinson, Katharine J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; PREY AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

DUNEDIN; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84874245505     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU11093     Document Type: Article

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