Co-operative breeding in the Rufous-fronted Thornbird Phacellodomus rufifrons: A Neotropical ovenbird

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Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 351-354

  Rodrigues, Marcos ^a   Carrara, Lucas Aguiar ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; PASSERINE;

PASSERIFORMES; PHACELLODOMUS RUFIFRONS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2042496268     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j1474-919X.2004.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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