Avian frugivores feeding on mauritia flexuosa (Arecaceae) fruits in central Brazil;Consumo de frutos do buriti mauritia flexuosa (Arecaceae) por aves frugívoras no Brasil central

Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-29

  Villalobos, Manrique Prada ^a   Bagno, Marcelo Araújo ^a  

^a San Pedro de Montes de Oca   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Cerrado; Feeding behavior; Flock size; Psitacids; Seed dispersal; Visit frequency; Visit times

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EVERGREEN TREE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEED DISPERSAL;

BRAZIL;

ARECACEAE; AVES; MAURITIA FLEXUOSA; ORTHOPSITTACA MANILATA;

EID: 84861128294     PISSN: 01035657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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