Cleaner birds: A worldwide overview;Aves limpadoras: Uma visão global

Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-47

  Sazima, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

And fish; Association with mammals; Birds; Cleaning symbiosis; Ectoparasite and tissue removal; Opportunistic birds; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CARNIVORE; CLEANING BEHAVIOR; DIET; ECTOPARASITE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HABITAT USE; HERBIVORE; LIZARD; OMNIVORY; RODENT; SYMBIOSIS; TURTLE; UNGULATE;

AVES; BUPHAGUS ERYTHRORHYNCHUS; HEXAPODA; IGUANIA; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; ROLLULUS ROULROUL; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINIDAE; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79960739922     PISSN: 01035657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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