The diet of Fairy Pitta Pitta nympha nestlings in Taiwan as revealed by videotaping

Zoological Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 355-361

  Lin, Ruey Shing ^a,b   Yao, Cheng Te ^b   Lee, Pei Fen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ENDEMIC SPECIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Earthworm; Endangered species; Food; Reproduction; Videotaping

Indexed keywords

PITTA NYMPHA;

EID: 72549109892     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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