Cooperative breeding in the frugivorous Toucan Barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus)

Auk

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 4-15

  Restrepo, Carla ^a,b   Mondragón, Marta Lucy ^c  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; FRUGIVROUS BIRD; HELPING BEHAVIOUR; TOUCAN BARBET;

COLOMBIA;

SEMNORNIS RAMPHASTINUS;

EID: 0031883643     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089106     Document Type: Article

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