Retention time of beads in captive Torres imperial pigeon, Ducula spilorrhoa spiloorrhoa

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Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 167-168

  Meehan, Hayley J ^a   Hillyard, Karl ^b   Guy, Murray ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Adelaide Zoo   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beads; Ducula spilorrhoa; Retention time; Seed dispersal; Torres Imperial pigeon

Indexed keywords

FRUGIVORY; RETENTION; SEED;

COLUMBA; DUCULA SPILORRHOA;

EID: 0242318419     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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