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Refugees and residents: densities and habitat preferences of lorikeets in urban Melbourne

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posted on 2003-03-01, 00:00 authored by James FitzsimonsJames Fitzsimons, Grant Palmer, Mark Antos, John WhiteJohn White
Lorikeet densities were measured across four habitat types in urban Melbourne. Musk Glossopsitta concinna and Rainbow Lorikeets Trichoglossus haematodus were shown to preferentially use established streetscapes with predominantly native vegetation. The high densities of Musk Lorikeets recorded possibly reflect a paucity of flowering in Victorian BoxIronbark forests during the autumnlwinter of 2002 and the availability of supplementary nectar resources in the urban environment. Future planting decisions in recently developed streetscapes will dictate the long-term resource potential for lorikeets and other nectarivores in urban Melbourne.

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Journal

Australian field ornithology

Volume

20

Pagination

2 - 7

Publisher

Bird Observers Club of Australia

Location

Nunawading, Vic.

ISSN

1448-0107

Language

eng

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Reproduced with the specific permission of the copyright owner. To obtain full text, please contact the author at jfitzsimons@tnc.org

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2003, Bird Observers Club of Australia

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