Nectar sugar preferences and absorption in a generalist African frugivore, the Cape White-eye Zosterops pallidus

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Volumn 140, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 501-506

  Franke, Elke ^a,b   Jackson, Sue ^a,c   Nicolson, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Wits Medical School ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUGIVORE; NECTAR; SUGAR;

AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FAUREA; NECTARINIIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; PROTEA; PROTEACEAE; ZOSTEROPIDAE; ZOSTEROPS PALLIDUS;

EID: 0031855303     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1998.tb04611.x     Document Type: Article

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