Malagasy birds as hosts for eye-frequenting moths

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-120

  Hilgartner, Roland ^a,b   Raoilison, Mamisolo ^c   Büttiker, Willhelm ^d   Lees, David C ^e   Krenn, Harald W ^f  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^d NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Madagascar; Mouthparts; Ophthalmotropism

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEMOPHAGY; HOST; MORPHOLOGY; MOTH;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST; LACRIMAL FLUID; MADAGASCAR; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

AVES; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMMALIA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 45849138897     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0581     Document Type: Article

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