Recent advances in the behavioral ecology of tropical birds

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-37

  Stutchbury, Bridget J M ^a   Morton, Eugene S ^a,b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Hemlock Hill Field Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BREEDING; BREEDING SEASON; CLUTCH SIZE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEST PREDATION; PASSERINE; PATERNITY; PATHOGEN; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SONG; SURVIVAL; TERRITORIALITY;

AVES; TURDIDAE;

EID: 41349105526     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/07-018.1     Document Type: Review

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