Risks and drivers of wild bird feeding in urban areas of New Zealand

Biological Conservation

Volumn 180, Issue , 2014, Pages 64-74

  Galbraith, Josie A ^a   Beggs, Jacqueline R ^a   Jones, Darryl N ^b   McNaughton, Ellery J ^a   Krull, Cheryl R ^c   Stanley, Margaret C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Avian ecology; Garden birds; Human interactions; Supplementary feeding; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FEEDING ECOLOGY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA; WILD POPULATION;

NEW ZEALAND;

AVES;

EID: 84908299952     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.09.038     Document Type: Article

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