Obtaining offspring genetic material: A new method for species with high nest predation rates

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 948-952

  Tori, Wendy P ^a   Ryder, Thomas B ^a   Durães, Renata ^a   Hidalgo, José R ^b   Loiselle, Bette A ^a   Blake, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Ex situ incubation; Manakin; Nest predation; Pipridae; Plaster eggs

Indexed keywords

AVES; PIPRIDAE;

EID: 33845214035     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[948:OOGMAN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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