Use of saguaro fruit by white-winged doves: Isotopic evidence of a tight ecological association

Oecologia

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 536-543

  Wolf, B O ^a   Martinez del Rio, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnegiea gigantea; Resource use; Saguaro; Stable isotope ratios; Zenaida asiatica mearnsii

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; FRUGIVORY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NECTARIVORY;

ANIMALIA; CACTACEAE; CARNEGIEA GIGANTEA; COLUMBIFORMES; ZENAIDA ASIATICA;

EID: 0033801565     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000406     Document Type: Article

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