Do southern African songbirds live longer than their European counterparts?

Oikos

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 235-249

  Peach, Will J ^a,b   Hanmer, Dale B ^c   Oatley, Terence B ^d  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c Mitsasa   (Zimbabwe)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL;

MALAWI;

EID: 0034984629     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.930207.x     Document Type: Article

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