Nest attendants in parakeet auklets

Zoo Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 271-277

  Grimes, Julie ^a   Logan, Cheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Cyclorrhynchus psittacula; Helpers at the nest

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035599918     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.1027     Document Type: Article

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