Birds foraging for fruits and insects in shrubby restinga vegetation, southeastern Brazil;Forrageamento de aves por frutos e insetos em restinga arbustiva, sudeste do Brasil

Biota Neotropica

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 21-31

  Gomes, Verônica Souza da Mota ^a,c   Loiselle, Bette A ^b   Alves, Maria Alice S ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Behavior; Diet; Mimus gilvus; Zonotrichia capensis

Indexed keywords

AVES; HEXAPODA; MIMUS GILVUS; ZONOTRICHIA CAPENSIS;

EID: 64549102411     PISSN: 16786424     EISSN: 16760611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1676-06032008000400001     Document Type: Article

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