Zebra Finches forage on seed from invasive Buffel Grass, but prefer seed from two common native grasses
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Christine A. Schlesinger; Lauren I. Young
- Source
- Emu - Austral Ornithology. 118:344-352
- Subject
- 0106 biological sciences
animal structures
biology
food and beverages
Forage
biology.organism_classification
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
010605 ornithology
nervous system
Cenchrus ciliaris
Agronomy
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
behavior and behavior mechanisms
Animal Science and Zoology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Taeniopygia
Nature and Landscape Conservation
- Language
- ISSN
- 1448-5540
0158-4197
Inland Australia is being transformed by invasive Cenchrus ciliaris (Buffel Grass) which is displacing native grasses. Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata) forage on C. ciliaris seed but it is not k...