Natural history and reproductive biology of the communally breeding Greater Ani (Crotophaga major) at Gatún Lake, Panama

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 679-687

  Riehl, Christina ^a   Jara, Laura ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLUTCH SIZE; FLEDGING; INCUBATION; LIFE HISTORY; MONOGAMY; NEST PREDATION; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

GATUN LAKE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS CAPUCINUS; CROTOPHAGA MAJOR; CUCULIDAE; PSEUSTES; SERPENTES; SPILOTES;

EID: 72649087966     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/09-017.1     Document Type: Article

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