Sugar preferences of some southern African nectarivorous birds

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Volumn 138, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 455-459

  Downs, C T ^a   Perrin, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; NECTARINIA AMETHYSTINA; NECTARINIA FAMOSA; PASSERIFORMES; PROMEROPS GURNEYI; SIPROETA STELENES;

GURNEY'S SUGARBIRD; MALACHITE SUNBIRD;

EID: 0029662627     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1996.tb08064.x     Document Type: Article

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