Incubation behavior of the Peruvian antpitta (Grallaricula peruviana)

Ornitologia Neotropical

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 461-466

  Greeney, Harold F ^a,b  

^a Center for Creative Studies   (Ecuador)

^b MUSEO ECUATORIANO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Andes; Behavior; Cloud forest; Egg; Grallaricula peruviana; Incubation; Peruvian Antpitta; Water loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749264981     PISSN: 10754377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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