Parental care in relation to brood size in the house finch;Cuidado parental en relación al taman̄o de la camada en carpodacus mexicanus

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 412-418

  Stoehr, Andrew M ^a,b   McGraw, Kevin J ^a,c   Nolan, Paul M ^a   Hill, Geoffrey E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS;

EID: 0035535837     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-72.3.412     Document Type: Article

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