Avian foraging behavior on Miconia rubiginosa (melastomataceae) in Cerrado fragment, São Paulo;Comportamento alimentar de aves em Miconia rubiginosa (melastomataceae) em fragmento de Cerrado, São Paulo

Iheringia - Serie Zoologia

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 97-100

  Marcondes Machado, Luiz Octavio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Avian frugivory; Cerrado; Melastomataceae; Miconia

Indexed keywords

EID: 46649106999     PISSN: 00734721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0073-47212002000300010     Document Type: Article

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