Radio-tracking of female Tree Swallows prior to egg-laying

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-263

  Dunn, Peter O ^a   Whittingham, Linda A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extra pair paternity; Foraging; Radio tracking; Tachycineta bicolor

Indexed keywords

HIRUNDINIDAE; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 23444432484     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-76.3.259     Document Type: Article

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