A twelve-month field study of the West African Thrush Turdus pelios (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae). Part 1: Food and feeding ecology

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1001-1007

  Akinpelu, Akinsola I ^a   Oyedipe, Oluseye A ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bill length; Feeding ecology; Gizzard; Nigeria; Plant matter; Prey item; Prey size; Turdus pelios

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SONGBIRD; TIME;

AFRICA; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; AVES; MUSCICAPIDAE; ORTHOPTERA; PASSERIFORMES; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; TURDUS PELIOS;

EID: 23844529918     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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