Fruit feeding behavior of a chameleon Furcifer oustaleti: Comparison with insect foraging tactics

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 760-763

  Takahashi, Hiroo ^a,b  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAMAELEONIDAE; FURCIFER OUSTALETI; HEXAPODA; IGUANIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 58149103439     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/07-102R2.1     Document Type: Article

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