Description of the nest, eggs, and breeding behavior of the endangered pale-headed brush-finch (Atlapetes pallidiceps) in Ecuador

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 360-366

  Oppel, Steffen ^a,c   Schaefer, H Martin ^b   Schmidt, Veronika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG; ENDANGERED SPECIES; NEST SITE; NEST STRUCTURE; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

ATLAPETES; ATLAPETES LEUCOPTERUS; ATLAPETES PALLIDICEPS; AVES; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS BONARIENSIS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 2342563091     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/03-020     Document Type: Article

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