Social and breeding biology of bee-eaters in Thailand

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 275-279

  Burt, D Brent ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

THAILAND;

APOIDEA; AVES; MEROPS; MEROPS LESCHENAULTI; MEROPS ORIENTALIS; MEROPS PHILIPPINUS; NYCTYORNIS ATHERTONI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036625809     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/0043-5643(2002)114[0275:SABBOB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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