Breeding behaviour and ecology of the sexually size-dimorphic brown songlark, Cinclorhamphus cruralis

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 429-441

  Magrath, Michael J L ^a   Brouwer, Lyanne ^b   Van Petersen, Arnoud ^b   Berg, Mathew L ^b   Komdeur, Jan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; MORTALITY; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TERRITORIALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

AVES; CANIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PASSERIFORMES; PSEUDONAJA TEXTILIS; SERPENTES; STORERIA DEKAYI; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 1042302427     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO03034     Document Type: Article

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