Differential fruit consumption of two Melastomataceae by birds in Serra da Mantiqueira, southeastern Brazil

Ararajuba

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-10

  Gridi Papp, Cristina Oishi ^a   Gridi Papp, Marcos ^a,b   Silva, Wesley Rodrigues ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Birds; Feeding behavior; Frugivory; Melastomataceae

Indexed keywords

AVES; EMBERIZINAE; MELASTOMATACEAE;

EID: 46449094156     PISSN: 01035657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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