Ecological and evolutionary implications of digestive processes: Bird preferences and the sugar constituents of floral nectar and fruit pulp

Experientia

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 544-551

  Martinez del Rio C ^a   Baker, H G ^b   Baker, I ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird feeding preferences; digestion; fruit; intestinal enzymes; nectar; sucrase

Indexed keywords

INTESTINE ENZYME; SUCRASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BIRD; DIGESTION; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0026632951     PISSN: 00144754     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01920237     Document Type: Review

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