Determinants of reproductive success in the hoopoe upupa epops, a hole-nesting non-passerine bird with asynchronous hatching

Bird Study

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 205-216

  Martín Vivaldi, Manuel ^a   Palomino, Jose Javier ^a   Soler, Manuel ^a   Soler, Juan José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

GRANADA; SPAIN;

UPUPA EPOPS;

EID: 0032873104     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063659909461132     Document Type: Article

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