Divorce and asynchronous arrival in Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica

Bird Study

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 411-413

  Arai, Emi ^a   Hasegawa, Masaru ^b   Nakamura, Masahiko ^a  

^a JOETSU UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL DATE; DIVORCE; PASSERINE;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 73649130594     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650902968342     Document Type: Article

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