Fruit color choices of captive Silvereyes (Zosterops lateralis)

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 780-790

  Puckey, Helen L ^a   Lill, Alan ^a   O'Dowd, Dennis J ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Forestry Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

brightness; color; frugivory; fruit color polymorphism; fruits; hue; preference; Silvereye; Zosterops lateralis

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; RHAGODIA; RHAGODIA PARABOLICA; SILVEREYES; ZOSTEROPS LATERALIS;

EID: 0030473534     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369858     Document Type: Article

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