Many ground-foraging birds are in serious decline. This research examined the distribution of these birds and revealed that they were most common in native pine woodlands of which little remains due to past clearing. The foraging habitat requirements of 13 species were documented providing valuable information for their conservation
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Submitted to the School of Life and Environmental Sciences of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Deakin University
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Deakin University, Victoria, 2006
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