Evolution of nest-building behavior in Agapornis parrots

Auk

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 455-464

  Eberhard, Jessica R ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; NEST BUILDING; NESTLING BEHAVIOUR; PARROT;

AGAPORMIS NIGRIGENIS; AGAPORNIS; AGAPORNIS CANA; AGAPORNIS FISCHERI; AGAPORNIS LILIANAE; AGAPORNIS NIGRIGENIS; AGAPORNIS PERSONATA; AGAPORNIS PULLARIA; AGAPORNIS ROSEICOLLIS; AGAPORNIS TARANTA; ARATINGA; CANA; FORMICIDAE; ISOPTERA; LILIOPSIDA; MONACHUS; MYIOPSITTA MONACHUS; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 0031959732     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089204     Document Type: Article

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