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Animal-Fungal Interactions 1: Notes on Bowerbird's Use of Fungi

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2016-01-01
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Elliott, Todd F
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Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
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Reports of ornithomycological interactions are scattered across multiple bird families, including: Acanthizidae, Alaudidae, Casuariidae, Corvidae, Dromaiidae, Glareolidae, Megapodiidae, Petroicidae, Prunellidae, Psittaculidae, Strigopidae, and Upupidae, (Simpson 1998; Simpson 2000; Beever & Lebel 2014). These records document fungi as food for birds ranging from Cassowaries to Siberian Jays; in some cases, fungi may comprise a seasonally significant portion of birds' diets (Andreev 1978; Alsheikh & Trappe 1983; Simpson 1998; Medway 2000; Doerr & Doerr 2002; Beever & Lebel 2014).
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Australian Zoologist, 38(1), p. 59-61
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https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/30697
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