The roles of soil characteristics and toxin adsorption in avian geophagy

Biotropica

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 766-774

  Brightsmith, Donald J ^a,b   Taylor, John ^b   Phillips, Timothy D ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay; Diet; Nutrients; Peru; Psittacidae; Sodium; Soil; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; GEOPHAGY; MAPPING METHOD; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SOIL QUALITY; TOXIN;

MADRE DE DIOS; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; TAMBOPATA;

AVES; PSITTACIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 54349113896     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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