Brood parasitism in herons

Waterbirds

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-38

  González Martín, Milagros ^a   Ruiz, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ardea purpurea; Ardeola ralloides; Brood parasitism; Bubulcus ibis; Cattle Egret; Ebro Delta; Egretta garzetta; Hatching asynchrony; Little Egret; Purple Heron; Squacco Heron

Indexed keywords

ARDEA PURPUREA; ARDEIDAE; ARDEOLA RALLOIDES; BOS TAURUS; BUBULCUS IBIS; EGRETTA GARZETTA; GALLUS GALLUS; IBIS;

EID: 0001923304     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521804     Document Type: Article

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