Folivory in the white-tipped plantcutter Phytotoma rutila: Seasonal variations in diet composition and quality

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 211-216

  Bucher, Enrique H ^a   Tamburini, Daniela ^a   Abril, Adriana ^b   Torres, Patricia ^b  

^a CENTRO DE ZOOLOGÍA APLICADA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEAF; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PASSERINE; PROTEIN;

ANIMALIA; CELTIS; COTINGIDAE; LYCIUM; LYCIUM CESTROIDES; PASSERIFORMES; PHYTOTOMA; PHYTOTOMA RUTILA; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS ALBA; PROSOPIS NIGRA; SCHINUS; SCHINUS LONGIFOLIUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038574647     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-048X.2003.03020.x     Document Type: Article

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