The importance of pair duration and biparental care to reproductive success in the monogamous Australian magpie-lark

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 439-454

  Hall, Michelle L ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOGAMY; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE;

ALAUDIDAE; AVES; GRALLINA CYANOLEUCA; GYMNORHINA TIBICEN; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032699054     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO99037     Document Type: Article

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