Breeding biology and social structure of White-winged Fairy-wrens (Malurus leucopterus): Comparison between island and mainland subspecies having different plumage phenotypes

Emu

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 295-306

  Rathburn, Melanie K ^a   Montgomerie, Robert ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SUBSPECIES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BARROW ISLAND; DIRK HARTOG ISLAND; LANCELIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; MALURUS; MALURUS LEUCOPTERUS; MALURUS LEUCOPTERUS LEUCONOTUS; PASSERIFORMES; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0742320031     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU03011     Document Type: Article

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