Phylogenetic patterns of parental care in calidridine sandpipers

Auk

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1107-1117

  Borowik, Oksana A ^a   McLennan, Deborah A ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENETICS;

CALIDRIS FUSCICOLLIS; CALIDRIS MELANOTOS; CALIDRIS PUSILLA; PASSERIFORMES; SCOLOPACIDAE; TRYNGITES SUBRUFICOLLIS;

EID: 0032695919     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089689     Document Type: Article

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