Examining Ashmole's hypothesis: Are life-history parameters of resident passerines related to the proportion of migrants?

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 673-685

  Yom Tov, Yoram ^a   Geffen, Eli ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Australia; Breeding season; Clutch size; India; Passerines; Southern Africa; Southern hemisphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042849113     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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