Comparison of the reproductive biology of two Poospiza warbling-finches of Argentina in wet and dry years

Ardea

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 251-262

  Mezquida, Eduardo T ^a,c   Marone, Luis ^a,b  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b Ctr Adv Studs Ecol and Biodiv   (Chile)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; FOOD SUPPLY; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA; NACUNAN RESERVE; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; POOSPIZA; POOSPIZA ORNATA; POOSPIZA TORQUATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842665121     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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