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References

HABITAT
Kofron, C.P. and Chapman, A. 2006. Causes of Mortality to the Endangered Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius johnsonii in Queensland, Australia. Pacific Conservation Biology 12<http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=787702580497775;res=IELNZC> Accessed on 12 April 2014

Moore, L. A. . Population Ecology Of The Southern Cassowary Casuarius Casuarius Johnsonii, Mission Beach North Queensland. Journal of Ornithology, 148, 357-366.

Johnson, A., Bino, R. and Igag, P. (2004), A preliminary evaluation of the sustainability of cassowary (Aves: Casuariidae) capture and trade in Papua New Guinea. Animal Conservation, 7: 129–137. doi: 10.1017/S1367943003001173

Wildlife.org 2010. <http://www.wildlife.org.au/wildlife/speciesprofile/birds/cassowary.html>. Accessed 16 April 2014.

Westcott, D. A., Setter, M., Bradford, M. G., McKeown, A., & Setter, S. (2008). Cassowary dispersal of the invasive pond apple in a tropical rainforest: the contribution of subordinate dispersal modes in invasion. Diversity & Distributions, 14(2)

ADAPTATIONS
Harshman, J. and Braun, E.L. 2008.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A. 105 <http://www.pnas.org/content/105/36/13462.short> Accessed 8 April 2014.

Le Souef, A.S. and Mosman, C.M.Z.  Observations of Cassowaries and Descriptions of New Sub-Species. Emu 39 <http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=MU929241.pdf>Accessed 5 April 2014.

Richardson, K.C. 1991. The Bony Casque of the Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius. EMU 91. <http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=MU9910056.pdf> Accessed 7 April 2014.

Crome, F.H.J. and Moore, L.A. 1987.  The Cassowary’s Casque. Emu 88. <http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=MU9880123.pdf>Accessed 6 April 2014.

REPRODUCTION
Wildlife.org 2010. <http://www.wildlife.org.au/wildlife/speciesprofile/birds/cassowary.html>. Accessed 16 April 2014.

INTERACTIONS
BirdLife International (2001) Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data
Book. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International.

Bradford, M.G. and  Dennis, A.J. and Westcott, D.A. 2007. Diet and Dietary Preferences of the Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) in North Queensland, Australia,  Biotropica 40 <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00372.x/full> Accessed 7 April 2014.

Owen, I.L. 2011. Parasites of animals in Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 3143. <http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z03143p163f.pdf>Accessed 7 April 2014.

Cassowary Recovery Team 2014. <http://cassowaryrecoveryteam.org/the-southern-cassowary/diet/>. Accessed 7 April 2014.

Funtrivia 2014. <http://www.funtrivia.com/en/subtopics/Extreme-Cassowaries-267827.html>. Accessed 9 April 2014.

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