The social organization of a sexually dimorphic honeyeater: The Crescent Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera, at Wilsons Promontory, Victoria

Austral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 644-654

  Clarke, Rohan H ^a   Clarke, Michael F ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breeding; Monogamy; Multibrooded; Pair bonds; Pairs; Parental care; Territory

Indexed keywords

EID: 17944373272     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.1999.00990.x     Document Type: Article

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