Factors influencing host selection by yellow-billed oxpeckers at Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-188

  Mooring, Michael S ^a,c   Mundy, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of National Parks ^*  (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foraging; Hosts; Oxpecker; Selection; Ticks; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000770280     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.1996.tb00611.x     Document Type: Article

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