First record of cooperative breeding in a Thryothorus wren

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 337-341

  Gill, Sharon A ^a,b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DISPERSAL; PASSERINE;

THRYOTHORUS; THRYOTHORUS LEUCOTIS; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES;

EID: 13944251792     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/04-057     Document Type: Article

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