Pollen and the nitrogen requirements of the lesser Double-collared Sunbird

Auk

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 826-830

  Van Tets, Ian G ^a,b   Nicolson, Susan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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ANTHREPTES COLLARIS;

EID: 0033915631     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089613     Document Type: Article

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