Importance of seed ingestion to an avian frugivore: An experimental approach to fruit choice based on seed load

Auk

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 175-184

  Stanley, Margaret C ^a   Lill, Alan ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD SELECTION; FRUGIVORY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEED SIZE;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA;

ANIMALIA; ATRIPLEX; AVES; GALLIFORMES; RHAGODIA; RHAGODIA PARABOLICA; VICTORIA; ZOSTEROPS; ZOSTEROPS LATERALIS;

EID: 0036121938     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090021     Document Type: Article

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