First record of cooperative breeding in an Australian estrildid, the Long-tailed Finch (Poephila acuticauda)

Emu

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-65

  Van Rooij, Erica P ^a   Griffith, Simon C ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DATA SET; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; NEST BOX; NEW RECORD; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WYNDHAM;

AVES; ESTRILDIDAE; POEPHILA ACUTICAUDA;

EID: 62249110864     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU08061     Document Type: Article

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