Communal breeding in tropical Guira Cuckoos Guira guira: Sociality in the absence of a saturated habitat

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-215

  Macedo, Regina H ^a   Bianchi, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNAL BREEDING; GUIRA CUCKOO; HABITAT QUALITY; NEST SITE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIALITY;

ARAUCARIA; AVES; CUCULIDAE; GUIRA GUIRA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0030874947     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3676971     Document Type: Article

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