Delayed effect of monsoon rains influences laying date of a passerine bird living in an arid environment

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 879-884

  Brown, Jerram L ^a   Li, Shou Hsien ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphelocoma ultramarina; climate; laying date; Mexican Jay; monsoon

Indexed keywords

APHELOCOMA ULTRAMARINA; AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0030476279     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369878     Document Type: Article

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