Survivorship, breeding dispersal and mate fidelity in Eastern Kingbirds

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 82-92

  Murphy, Michael T ^a  

^a HARTWICK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding dispersal; Divorce; Mate and site fidelity; Mate choice; Survivorship; Tyrannus tyrannus

Indexed keywords

TYRANNUS TYRANNUS;

EID: 0030027354     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369511     Document Type: Article

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