Bimodal breeding seasonality of an understorey bird, Premnoplex brunnescens, in an Ecuadorian cloud forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 547-549

  Greeney, Harold F ^a  

^a Yanayacu Biological Station   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Andes; Ecuador; Furnariidae; nest; spotted barbtail

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING SEASON; CLOUD FOREST; PASSERINE; SEASONALITY; UNDERSTORY;

ANDES; ECUADOR;

AVES; FURNARIIDAE; PREMNOPLEX BRUNNESCENS;

EID: 77957266971     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467410000295     Document Type: Article

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