Juvenile and adult survival in the sociable weaver (Philetairus socius), a southern-temperate colonial cooperative breeder in Africa

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1199-1207

  Covas, Rita ^a,d   Brown, Charles R ^b   Anderson, Mark D ^c   Brown, Mary Bomberger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^c Environ and Conserv ^*  (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; JUVENILE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

PASSERIFORMES; PHILETAIRUS SOCIUS; PHILETARIUS SOCIUS; PLOCEINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 7644243642     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090487     Document Type: Article

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