Food of the Cattle Egret (Bibulcus ibis) in South African grassland

Vogelwarte

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 98-109

  Kopij, Grzegorz ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LESOTHO   (Lesotho)

Author keywords

Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis); Diet; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; DIET; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ACRIDIDAE; BUBULCUS IBIS; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HODOTERMES MOSSAMBICUS; ISOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MACROTERMITINAE; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0033389059     PISSN: 00496650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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