Cooperative breeding, mate guarding, and nest sharing in two parrot species of New Caledonia

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 791-797

  Theuerkauf, Jörn ^a,f   Rouys, Sophie ^b,c   Mériot, Jean Marc ^d   Gula, Roman ^a   Kuehn, Ralph ^e  

^a MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

^b Conservation Research New Caledonia ^*  (New Caledonia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA NOUVELLE CALÉDONIE   (New Caledonia)

^d Direction de l'Environnement   (New Caledonia)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f NONE   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Communal breeding; Cooperative polyandry; Cyanoramphus; Eunymphicus

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FEEDING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MATE GUARDING; PATERNITY; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CYANORAMPHUS; EUNYMPHICUS; EUNYMPHICUS CORNUTUS; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 70349742516     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-009-0400-8     Document Type: Article

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