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The Ecology and Breeding Biology of the Red-winged Fairy-wren Malurus elegans

Ian RowleyCSIRODivision of Wildlife and Ecobgy, LMB 4, P.O. Midland, W.A.6056
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Eleanor RussellCSIRODivision of Wildlife and Ecobgy, LMB 4, P.O. Midland, W.A.6056
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Richard BrownMiddlesex Field Study Centre, RMB 253 QMS, Manjimup, W.A.6258
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Molly BrownMiddlesex Field Study Centre, RMB 253 QMS, Manjimup, W.A.6258
Pages 161-176 | Received 05 Aug 1987, Accepted 05 Jan 1988, Published online: 22 Dec 2016

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Ana V. Leitão, Michelle L. Hall, Brian Venables & Raoul A. Mulder. (2019) Ecology and breeding biology of a tropical bird, the Lovely Fairy-Wren (Malurus amabilis). Emu - Austral Ornithology 119:1, pages 1-13.
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Katherine L. Buchanan & Andrew Cockburn. (2013) Fairy-wrens and their relatives (Maluridae) as model organisms in evolutionary ecology: the scientific legacy of Ian Rowley and Eleanor Russell. Emu - Austral Ornithology 113:3, pages i-vii.
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Anne Peters, Sjouke A. Kingma & Kaspar Delhey. (2013) Seasonal male plumage as a multi-component sexual signal: insights and opportunities. Emu - Austral Ornithology 113:3, pages 232-247.
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N. E. Langmore. (2013) Fairy-wrens as a model system for studying cuckoo—host coevolution. Emu - Austral Ornithology 113:3, pages 302-308.
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A. Skroblin & S. A. Murphy. (2013) The conservation status of Australian malurids and their value as models in understanding land-management issues. Emu - Austral Ornithology 113:3, pages 309-318.
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Sonia C. Tidemann. (2004) Use of space, foraging behaviour and strategies of survival among three coexisting species of fairy-wrens (Malurus). Emu - Austral Ornithology 104:1, pages 31-36.
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Ian Rowley & Eleanor Russell. (2002) A population study of the Blue-breasted Fairy-wren, Malurus pulcherrimus, at Dryandra, Western Australia. Emu - Austral Ornithology 102:2, pages 127-135.
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C. Norwood, G. Wardell-Johnson, J.D. Majer & M. Williams. (1995) Short-term influences of edge and gap creation on bird populations in jarrah forest, Western Australia. Australian Forestry 58:2, pages 48-57.
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Ian Abbott & Per Christensen. (1994) Application of ecological and evolutionary principles to forest management in Western Australia. Australian Forestry 57:3, pages 109-122.
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Ian Rowley & Eleanor Russell. (1993) The Purple-crowned Fairy-wren Malurus coronatus. II. Breeding Biology, Social Organisation, Demography and Management. Emu - Austral Ornithology 93:4, pages 235-250.
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Richard E. Major. (1991) Breeding Biology of the White-fronted Chat Ephthianura albifrons in a Saltmarsh near Melbourne. Emu - Austral Ornithology 91:4, pages 236-249.
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Ian Rowley, Michael Brooker & Eleanor Russell. (1991) The Breeding Biology of the Splendid Fairy-wren Malurus splendens: the Significance of Multiple Broods. Emu - Austral Ornithology 91:4, pages 197-221.
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Janet L. Gardner, Eleanor Rowley, Perry de Rebeira, Alma de Rebeira & Lyanne Brouwer. (2018) Associations between changing climate and body condition over decades in two southern hemisphere passerine birds. Climate Change Responses 5:1.
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K.J. MacLeod & L. Brouwer. (2018) Social context-dependent provisioning rules in red-winged fairy-wrens do not vary with signals of increased chick need. Animal Behaviour 143, pages 105-111.
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Janet L. Gardner, Eleanor Rowley, Perry de Rebeira, Alma de Rebeira & Lyanne Brouwer. (2017) Effects of extreme weather on two sympatric Australian passerine bird species. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 372:1723, pages 20160148.
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Léa Lejeune, Martijn van de Pol, Andrew Cockburn, Marina Louter & Lyanne Brouwer. (2016) Male and female helper effects on maternal investment and adult survival in red-winged fairy-wrens. Behavioral Ecology, pages arw121.
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Lyanne Brouwer, Martijn van de Pol & Andrew Cockburn. (2013) The role of social environment on parental care: offspring benefit more from the presence of female than male helpers. Journal of Animal Ecology 83:2, pages 491-503.
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Lyanne Brouwer, Martijn van de Pol & Andrew Cockburn. (2014) Habitat geometry does not affect levels of extrapair paternity in an extremely unfaithful fairy-wren. Behavioral Ecology 25:3, pages 531-537.
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R. L. Barrett. (2013) Ecological importance of sedges: a survey of the Australasian Cyperaceae genus Lepidosperma. Annals of Botany 111:4, pages 499-529.
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Aldo Poiani & Mark Pagel. (1997) EVOLUTION OF AVIAN COOPERATIVE BREEDING: COMPARATIVE TESTS OF THE NEST PREDATION HYPOTHESIS. Evolution 51:1, pages 226-240.
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Aldo Poiani & Lars Sommer Jermiin. (1994) A comparative analysis of some life-history traits between cooperatively and non-cooperatively breeding Australian passerines. Evolutionary Ecology 8:5, pages 471-488.
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J. David Ligon. 1993. Current Ornithology. Current Ornithology 1 46 .
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J. David Ligon, Sandra H. Ligon & Hugh A. Ford. (2010) An Experimental Study of the Bases of Male Philopatry in the Cooperatively Breeding Superb Fairy‐Wren Malurus cyaneus . Ethology 87:1-2, pages 134-148.
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Ian Rowley, Eleanor Russell, Robert B. Payne & Laura L. Payne. (2010) Plural Breeding in the Splendid Fairy‐wren, Malurus splendens (Aves: Maluridae), a Cooperative Breeder . Ethology 83:3, pages 229-247.
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