Egg characteristics are unreliable in determining maternity in communal clutches of guira cuckoos Guira guira

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-124

  Cariello, Mariana O ^a,b   Lima, Marcos R ^a   Schwabl, Hubert G ^c   Macedo, Regina H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b Washington State University ^*  (Brazil)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MATERNITY; MORPHOLOGY; NESTING BEHAVIOR;

AVES; CUCULIDAE; GUIRA GUIRA;

EID: 1642406328     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2004.03146.x     Document Type: Article

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