Müllerian body feeding by andean birds: New mutualistic relationship or evolutionary time lag?

Biotropica

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 204-207

  Naoki, Kazuya ^a   Toapanta, EfraI'N ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Andean birds; Cecropia gabrielis; Ecuador; Foraging behavior; M llerian body; Myioborus miniatus; Parula pitiayumi; Tangara ruficervix

Indexed keywords

AVES; CECROPIA; MYIOBORUS MINIATUS; PARULA PITIAYUMI; TANGARA RUFICERVIX;

EID: 0034992452     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2001.tb00171.x     Document Type: Note

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