Diet of Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis chicks in an intensively managed farmland in South Africa;Pokarm piskla̧t czapelki złotawej w krajobrazie rolniczym Oranii, RPA

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-157

  Kopij, Grzegorz ^a  

^a WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bubulcus ibis; Cattle Egret; Food; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; DIET; PEST CONTROL; WADER;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANURA; BOS TAURUS; BUBULCUS IBIS; GALLUS GALLUS; GRYLLIDAE; IBIS; ORTHOPTERA; PYXICEPHALUS ADSPERSUS; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0742319918     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/068.038.0203     Document Type: Article

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