Weak association between measures of health and reproductive success in green-rumped parrotlets (Forpus passerinus) in Venezuela

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 717-725

  Sheridan, Jennifer A ^a,c   Beissinger, Steven R ^b   Hughes, Colin R ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMATOLOGY; PARASITE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

FORPUS; FORPUS PASSERINUS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 3242708816     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090309     Document Type: Article

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