Fathers with highly demanding partners and offspring in a semidesert environment: Energetic aspects of the breeding system of Monteiro's Hornbills (Tockus monteiri) in Namibia

Auk

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 866-873

  Klaassen, Marcel ^a   Brenninkmeijer, Alex ^b   Boix Hinzen, Christian ^c   Mendelsohn, John ^d  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b Altenburg/Wymenga Ecological Bureau   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d NONE   (Namibia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING; ENERGETICS; ENERGY USE;

NAMIBIA;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PHOCIDAE; TOCKUS; TOCKUS MONTEIRI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041923885     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090117     Document Type: Article

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