Dietary relationships among four granivorous doves in Venezuelan savannas

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 865-882

  Pérez, Elizabeth M ^a   Bulla, Luis ^b  

^a Universidad Nacional Experimental Simon Rodriuez   (Venezuela)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Birds; Columbina spp.; Diet overlap; Doves; Food partitioning; Granivorous assemblage; Opportunism; Savanna; Scardafella squammata; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; DIETARY OVERLAP; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRANIVORY;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0034487288     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400001723     Document Type: Article

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