On the origin and evolution of nest building by passerine birds

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 253-270

  Collias, Nicholas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthenes anthoides; body size; evolution; Furnariidae; Myiornis auricularis; nest; Passeriformes

Indexed keywords

ASTHENES ANTHOIDES; AVES; FURNARIIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYIORNIS AURICULARIS; PASSERIFORMES; SEIURUS; TYRANNI;

EID: 0030905558     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369932     Document Type: Review

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