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Short Communication

Opportunistic predation of a Common Scale-backed Antbird (Willisornis poecilinotus) by a Goliath bird-eating spider (Theraphosa blondi) in the Eastern Brazilian Amazon

William Douglas de CarvalhoEcology and Conservation of Amazonian Vertebrates Research Group, Federal University of Amapá, Macapá, Brazil;Postgraduate Programme in Tropical Biodiversity, Federal University of Amapá, Macapá, BrazilCorrespondence[email protected]
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Darren NorrisEcology and Conservation of Amazonian Vertebrates Research Group, Federal University of Amapá, Macapá, Brazil;Postgraduate Programme in Tropical Biodiversity, Federal University of Amapá, Macapá, Brazil
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Fernanda MichalskiEcology and Conservation of Amazonian Vertebrates Research Group, Federal University of Amapá, Macapá, Brazil;Postgraduate Programme in Tropical Biodiversity, Federal University of Amapá, Macapá, Brazil
Pages 239-241 | Received 20 Jun 2016, Accepted 06 Sep 2016, Published online: 02 Oct 2016

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