Factors affecting the nesting success of the Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) in Laguna Mar Chiquita, Central Argentina

Ornitologia Neotropical

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-71

  Torres, Ricardo ^a   Mangeaud, Arnaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bubulcus ibis; Cattle Egret; Generalized linear models; Laguna Mar Chiquita; Nesting success; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745808651     PISSN: 10754377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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