Passeriformes: Nest predators and prey in a neotropical savannah in central Brazil

Zoologia

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 799-802

  França, Leonardo F ^a   Sousa, Nadinni O M ^a   da Santos, Luane R ^a   Duca, Charles ^a   Gressler, Daniel T ^a   Borges, Fábio J A ^a   Lopes, Leonardo E ^b   Manica, Lilian T ^a   Paiva, Luciana V ^a   de Medeiros, Rita C S ^c   Marini, Miguel  ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bird; Cerrado; Passerine

Indexed keywords

AVES; CYANOCORAX CRISTATELLUS; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; PLATYLOPHUS GALERICULATUS;

EID: 79954458533     PISSN: 19844670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1984-46702009000400028     Document Type: Article

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