Parental care in Tawny-bellied (Sporophila hypoxantha) and Rusty-collared (S. collaris) seedeaters

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 879-883

  Facchinetti, Carolina ^a   Di Giacomo, Alejandro G ^b   Reboreda, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Aves Argentinas/Asociacion Ornitologica del Plata   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD REARING; INCUBATION; NEST GUARDING; PASSERINE; VIDEOGRAPHY;

AVES; EMBERIZINAE; FRINGILLIDAE; SPOROPHILA; SPOROPHILA COLLARIS; SPOROPHILA HYPOXANTHA;

EID: 58549110917     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/08-020.1     Document Type: Article

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