Food preferences of Knysna and purple-crested turacos fed varying concentrations of equicaloric and equimolar artificial fruit

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 613-618

  Wilson, Amy Leigh ^a   Downs, Colleen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Artificial fruit; Energy requirement; Frugivory; Knysna turaco; Purple crested turaco; Sugar preference; Sugar type

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; SUCROSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; GLUCOSE; LINEAR MODELS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUCROSE;

AVES; GALLIREX PORPHYREOLOPHUS; TAURACO CORYTHAIX;

EID: 79951499659     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.047217     Document Type: Article

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