dc.contributor.author | Diamond, A. W | |
dc.contributor.author | Place, A. R | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-30T06:33:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-07-30T06:33:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1988-10 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Diamond, A. W. And Place, A. R. (1988), Wax Digestion By Black-throated Honey-guides Indicator Indicator. IBIS, 130(6), 558–561. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1988.tb02724.x/abstract;jsessionid | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/73346 | |
dc.description.abstract | The honey-guides (Indicatoridae) are brood parasites and specialist feeders on wax; the larger species obtain wax from bees' nests and the smaller ones from scale-insects or fruit (Friedmann 1955, Diamond 1985). The ability to digest beeswax has been demonstrated experimentally in only one bird species, the Lesser Honey-guide Indicator minor (Friedmann & Kern 1956a). Here we describe an experiment confirming the same ability in the Black-throated or Greater Honey-guide, 1.indicator, and discuss reasons for questioning Friedmann and Kern's claim that wax digestion in honey-guides need be accomplished hy symbiotic microorganisms. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.title | Wax digestion by Black-throated Honey-guides Indicator indicator | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.type.material | en | en_US |