Breeding biology of the Southern house wren on Chilo Island, Southern Chile

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 531-537

  Ippi, Silvina ^a,c   Vásquez, Rodrigo A ^a   Moreno, Juan ^b   Merino, Santiago ^b   Villavicencio, Camila P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BREEDING POPULATION; BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG SIZE; INCUBATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NEST BOX; NESTLING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

CHILE; CHILOE ISLAND; LOS LAGOS;

CHILO; TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES AEDON;

EID: 84865709172     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/11-143.1     Document Type: Article

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