Nectarivory of Palearctic migrants at a stopover site in the Sahara

British Birds

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 299-305

  Salewski, Volker ^a   Almasi, Bettina ^a   Schlageter, Adrian ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FEEDING; MIGRATION; NECTARIVORY; STOPOVER;

AFRICA; MAURITANIA; SAHARA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ACACIA; ACACIA RADDIANA; AVES; BALANITES; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA; CAPPARIS; CAPPARIS DECIDUA; DASYNOTUS; HEXAPODA; HIPPOLAIS; INSECTA; MAERUA CRASSIFOLIA; PHYLLOSCOPUS; PHYLLOSCOPUS COLLYBITA; SALIX; SYLVIA CANTILLANS; SYLVIA HORTENSIS; TROCHILUS; ZIZIPHUS; ZIZIPHUS MAURITIANA;

EID: 33745090765     PISSN: 00070335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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