Feral pigeons in urban environments: Dietary flexibility and enzymatic digestion?

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 267-279

  Ciminari, María Eugenia ^a,b   Del Valle Moyano, Graciela ^a,b   Chediack, Juan Gabriel ^a,b   Caviedes Vidal, Enrique ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dietary flexibility; Digestive plasticity; Feral pigeons; Intestinal enzymes; Pancreatic enzymes

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 23144467320     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-078X2005000200011     Document Type: Article

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