Male and female reproductive success in a threatened Polygynous species : the Strange-tailed Tyrant, Alectrurus risora

Condor

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 619-628

  Di Giacomo, Adrian S ^a   Di Giacomo, Alejandro G ^b   Reboreda, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Aves Argentinas/Asociacion Ornitologica del Plata   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alectrurus risora; MARK; Mating systems; Nest survival; Reproductive success; Strange tailed Tyrant

Indexed keywords

ALECTRURUS RISORA; AVES;

EID: 80052368850     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2011.100067     Document Type: Article

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