Adaptation in the Hawaii akepa to breed and moult during a seasonal food decline

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 157-167

  Freed, Leonard A ^a   Fretz, J Scott ^a,b   Medeiros, Matthew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding season; Moult breeding overlap; Nestling overgrowth

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; AVES; LOXOPS (BIRD); LOXOPS COCCINEUS COCCINEUS; METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA;

EID: 33846785289     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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