Diet and foraging behaviour of the Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis in Namibia

Ostrich

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 45-51

  Ndithia, Henry ^a   Perrin, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAPORNIS ROSEICOLLIS; ANTHEPHORA; BOS TAURUS; COLUMBA; COLUMBIFORMES; EQUUS CABALLUS; PLOCEINAE;

EID: 33646701891     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306520609485507     Document Type: Article

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