The post-fledging period in a tropical bird: Patterns of parental care and survival

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 479-487

  Tarwater, Corey E ^a   Brawn, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FITNESS; FLEDGING; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LIFE HISTORY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; THAMNOPHILUS ATRINUCHA;

EID: 77954465354     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05006.x     Document Type: Article

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