Analysis of the maintenance diet offered to lories and lorikeets (psittaciformes; loriinae) at loro parque fundación, tenerife

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-98

  Cornejo, J ^a   Clubb, S ^b  

^a Loro Parque SA   (Spain)

^b Rain Forest Clinic for Birds   (United States)

Author keywords

Captivity; Deficiencies; Diet; Food inges tion; Lorikeet; Lory; Nutrition; Psittacine

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649643205     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2005.tb00008.x     Document Type: Article

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