Blackcaps, Sylvia atricapilla and blackbirds, Turdus merula feeding their nestlings and fledglings on fleshy fruit

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 379-388

  Hernández, Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fledgling diet; Frugivory; Nestling diet; Passerines; Spain

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD PROVISIONING; FRUGIVORY; NESTLING; PASSERINE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; HEDERA; HEDERA HELIX; RODENTIA; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 30744475456     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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