Evidence of the consumption of fallen figs by Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris on the ground in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand

Ornithological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-79

  Kitamura, Shumpei ^a   Suzuki, Shunsuke ^b   Yumoto, Takakazu ^c   Wohandee, Prawat ^d   Poonswad, Pilai ^e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS   (Thailand)

^e MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Camera trapping; Feeding ecology; Ficus stricta; Moist evergreen forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949518915     PISSN: 13470558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2326/048.008.0110     Document Type: Article

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