Digestive enzymes of a small avian herbivore, the Rufous-tailed Plantcutter

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 904-907

  Meynard, Christine ^a   López Calleja, M Victoria ^a   Bozinovic, Francisco ^a   Sabat, Pablo ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Digestion; Disaccharidases; Herbivory; Oligopeptidase; Phytotoma rara; Rufous tailed Plantcutter

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; PHYTOTOMA RARA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345504781     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370086     Document Type: Article

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