Noncooperative breeding in the California Scrub-Jay

Studies in Avian Biology

Volumn , Issue 28, 2004, Pages

  Carmen, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acorn production; Aphelocoma; Cooperative breeding; Dispersal; Floating; Scrub jay; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

APHELOCOMA; APHELOCOMA CALIFORNICA; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS COERULESCENS; APHELOCOMA ULTRAMARINA; AVES; CORVIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; QUERCUS;

EID: 27744460203     PISSN: 01979922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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