Can fruit pulp meet the calcium needs of tropical frugivorous passerines during reproduction?

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-88

  Foster, Mercedes S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

avian reproduction; calcium; eggshell; fig; fruit; millipede; mineral lick; Peru; snail; woodlice

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CALCIUM; EGGSHELL; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; GEOPHAGY; NUTRIENT; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTION; SKELETON; SNAIL;

PERU;

EID: 84890534094     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467413000643     Document Type: Article

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