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Granivorous birds in a stable and isolated open habitat within the Amazonian rainforest

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Mario Diaz  and
Jose Luis Telleria
Mario Diaz
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología Animal I (Vertebrados), Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, 28040, Spain
Jose Luis Telleria
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología Animal I (Vertebrados), Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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Keywords

Amazonian rainforestantsbirdsgranivoryopen habitatsrodentsseeds
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , May 1996 , pp. 419 - 425
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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