The annual cycle of Columbina ground-doves in seasonal savannas of Venezuela

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-17

  Bosque, Carlos ^a   Pacheco, M Andreína ^a,b   Garcia Amado M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Breeding periods; Breeding seasons; Columbina; Gonadal cycles; Molt; Sex ratio; Testicular cycles; Timing of breeding; Tropics; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

COLUMBIFORMES; COLUMBINA; COLUMBINA MINUTA; COLUMBINA SQUAMMATA; COLUMBINA TALPACOTI; SCARDAFELLA SQUAMMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1342310664     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-75.1.1     Document Type: Article

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