Variation in the onset of incubation in a neotropical parrot

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 752-761

  Grenier, J Letitia ^a   Beissinger, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forpus passerinus; Green rumped Parrotlet; Hatching asynchrony; Hatching success; Incubation patterns; Incubation period; Onset of incubation

Indexed keywords

FORPUS PASSERINUS; PSITTACIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032754101     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370062     Document Type: Article

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