Geophagy in New Guinea birds

Ibis

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-193

  Diamond, Jared ^a   Bishop, K David ^b   Gilardi, James D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GEOPHAGY;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0032943119     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1999.tb07540.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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