Breeding biology of Pale-eyed thrushes (Turdus leucops) in the cloud forest of northeastern Ecuador

Ornitologia Neotropical

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 381-389

  Halupka, Konrad ^a   Greeney, Harold F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b Yanayacu Biological Station and Center for Creative Studies   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Natural history; Pale eyed Thrush; Platycichla; Reproduction biology; Turdidae; Turdus leucops

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349653843     PISSN: 10754377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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