Investigation of the diet of wild Madagascar teal Anas bernieri

Dodo

Volumn 35, Issue , 1999, Pages 87-92

  Razafindrahanta, Hanitra ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^b DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anas bernieri; Diet; Faecal samples; Madagascar; Madagascar teal; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ANAS BERNIERI; AVES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CYPERACEAE; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POLYGONACEAE;

EID: 0442310911     PISSN: 02655640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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