Breeding biology of the White-rumped Swallow Tachycineta leucorrhoa in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Ibis

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-17

  Massoni, Viviana ^a   Bulit, Florencia ^a   Reboreda, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR; TACHYCINETA LEUCORRHOA;

EID: 33846194261     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00589.x     Document Type: Article

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