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Parrots Eat Nutritious Foods despite Toxins

BACKGROUND: Generalist herbivores are challenged not only by the low nitrogen and high indigestibility of their plant foods, but also by physical and chemical defenses of plants. This study investigated the foods of wild parrots in the Peruvian Amazon and asked whether these foods contain dietary co...

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Autores principales: Gilardi, James D., Toft, Catherine A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3367951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22679496
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038293