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SURVIVAL OF FOUR SPECIES OF PASSERINE IN KARRI FORESTS IN SOUTHWESTERN AUSTRALIA


Author(s): R. J. BROWN, M. N. BROWN and E. M. RUSSELL

Estimates for survival for four species of passerine resident in Karri forest near Manjimup, southwestern Australia were made from recapture (to April 1988) of birds banded between 1976 and 1986. Mean annual survival rates of adults were calculated for Golden Whistlers (78%), White-browed Scrubwrens (77%), White-breasted Robins (72%) and Red-winged Fairy-wrens (67%). For White-breasted Robins […]

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The Seas Around Us: No. 1 – THE NATURE OF OUR SEAS


Author(s): B. V. HAMON

The ocean areas around Australia show many parallels with the better-studied oceans of the Northern Hemisphere. In particular, the mechanisms that lead to high biological productivity in high latitudes are the same. But the details of current systems are often very different. Our south-flowing Leeuwin Current is unique, and the East Australian Current is a […]

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