Predation by Rufous Motmot on black-and-green poison dart frog

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 439-440

  Master, Terry L ^a  

^a EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COURTSHIP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION; TOXIC ORGANISM;

COSTA RICA;

BARYPHTHENGUS MARTII; DENDROBATES AURATUS; MOMOTUS MOMOTA;

EID: 0032802581     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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