Breeding biology and life-history traits of an Australasian tropical granivore, the Crimson Finch (Neochmia phaeton)

Emu

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 312-320

  Milenkaya, Olga ^a   Legge, Sarah ^b   Walters, Jeffrey R ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALASIA ECOZONE; BREEDING SEASON; CLUTCH SIZE; DIET; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLEDGING; GRANIVORY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEST PREDATION; PARENTAL CARE; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEASONALITY; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL REGION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 82955194474     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU10088     Document Type: Article

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