Assessing parental effort in a neotropical parrot: A comparison of methods

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-79

  Siegel, Rodney B ^a,c   Weathers, Wesley W ^a   Beissinger, Steven R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Institute for Bird Populations   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIRD; PARENTAL INVESTMENT;

FORPUS PASSERINUS;

EID: 0032968190     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0949     Document Type: Article

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