Eight- to ten-day incubation and nestling periods among Eremopterix sparrow-larks

Ibis

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 347-350

  Lloyd, Penn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCUBATION; NESTLING; PASSERINE;

ALAUDIDAE; EREMOPTERIX; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2042450815     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2003.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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