Foraging behaviour and feeding ecology of the black-cheeked lovebird Agapornis nigrigenis in Zambia

Ostrich

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 118-129

  Warburton, L S ^a   Perrin, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAPORNIS NIGRIGENIS; AVES; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 28244433449     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306520509485484     Document Type: Article

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