Parental infanticide in birds through early eviction from the nest: Rare or under-reported?

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-49

  Moreno, Juan ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD DESERTION; EGG PREDATION; INFANTICIDE; LITERATURE REVIEW; NESTLING; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SONGBIRD;

SPAIN;

AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84858748643     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05608.x     Document Type: Article

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