A quantitative assessment of bird diets in the Brazilian Atlantic forest, with recommendations for future diet studies

Ornitologia Neotropical

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-83

  Durães, Renata ^a,b   Marini, Miguel Ângelo ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Brazil; Diet; Methodology; Neotropical birds; Tartar emetic; Trophic guilds

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745833334     PISSN: 10754377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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