The diet of the brown-headed parrot (Poicephalus cryptoxanthus) in the wild in southern Africa

Ostrich

Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 179-185

  Taylor, Stuart ^a,b   Perrin, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; POICEPHALUS CRYPTOXANTHUS; PSITTACIDAE; SWIETENIA; TRICHILIA EMETICA;

EID: 33846204817     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306520609485531     Document Type: Article

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