G,day again,
Thanks Anthony for putting me straight on those hollow using figures.
Looks like I was wrong with my suggestion that more than 18% of landbirds
use tree-hollows.
Chris
At 10:54 AM 08-02-01 +1100, you wrote:
>Richard and others
>
>Dr Phil Gibbons here at the National Parks and Wildlife Service has just
>completed a draft of his book on tree hollows (working title: Tree hollows
>and wildlife conservation in Australia). The answer to your question is
>about 114 species (or about 15%).
>
>Cheers
>Anthony
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Richard Johnson [SMTP:
>> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 10:46 AM
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>> Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] RFI: hollow-nesters
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>> Hello birders
>>
>> Can anyone tell me roughly what percentage of Australian landbirds nest
>> in tree-hollows? I know that it is very high compared with other parts
>> of the world, but I am unable to track down a percentage figure in the
>> literature I have to hand. Can anyone help? If so, it'll save me going
>> through the list counting hollow-nesters!
>>
>> Thanks, Richard
>>
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