Consequences for captive zebra finches of consuming tall fescue seeds infected with the endophytic fungus Acremonium coenophialum

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Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 492-495

  Conover, Michael R ^a   Messmer, Terry A ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRINGILLIDAE; FUNGI; NEOTYPHODIUM COENOPHIALUM; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 0012811023     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4088916     Document Type: Review

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