Increased lyrebird presence in a post-fire landscape

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 9-11

  Doty, Anna ^a   Stawski, Clare ^a   Nowack, Julia ^a   Bondarenco, Artiom ^a   Geiser, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; PASSERINE; POPULATION SIZE; PRESCRIBED BURNING;

AUSTRALIA; GUY FAWKES RIVER NATIONAL PARK; NEW SOUTH WALES;

MENURA NOVAEHOLLANDIAE;

EID: 84927589365     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: 14465698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO14053     Document Type: Article

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