How White-throated Magpie-Jay helpers contribute during breeding

Auk

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 131-140

  Langen, Tom A ^a,b   Vehrencamp, Sandra L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EUSOCIALITY; PASSERINE; PROVISIONING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

COSTA RICA;

CALOCITTA FORMOSA;

EID: 0033044016     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089460     Document Type: Article

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