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The Secret Life of Oilbirds: New Insights into the Movement Ecology of a Unique Avian Frugivore
BACKGROUND: Steatornis caripensis (the oilbird) is a very unusual bird. It supposedly never sees daylight, roosting in huge aggregations in caves during the day and bringing back fruit to the cave at night. As a consequence a large number of the seeds from the fruit they feed upon germinate in the c...
Autores principales: | Holland, Richard A., Wikelski, Martin, Kümmeth, Franz, Bosque, Carlos |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2788423/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20016844 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008264 |
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