Seasonal effects on foraging behaviour of two sympatric species of couas in the western dry forest of Madagascar

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 248-257

  Chouteau, Philippe ^a,b   Fenosoa, Raymond ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c Campus Universitaire d'Ambondrona   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Coua coquereli; Coua ruficeps; Dry forest; Foraging behaviour; Madagascar; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COEXISTENCE; DRY FOREST; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY CAPTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SYMPATRY;

ANKARAFANTSIKA NATIONAL PARK; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; MAHAJANGA;

COUA; COUA COQUERELI; COUA RUFICEPS;

EID: 50849095191     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2007.00880.x     Document Type: Article

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