Patterns of grassland productivity, composition and seed abundance, and the diet of the flock bronzewing pigeon Phaps histrionica at one site in northern Australia over a period of marked seasonal change

Wildlife Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 343-355

  Dostine, P L ^a,b   Woinarski, J C Z ^b,c   Mackey, B ^a,d   Nix, H ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Land Resource Management ^*  (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

conservation; granivore; pastoralism.

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIET; GRANIVORY; GRASSLAND; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CHIONACHNE; COLUMBA; PHAPS HISTRIONICA; TRICHODESMA; WEDELIA ASPERRIMA;

EID: 84919461315     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR14002     Document Type: Article

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