A comparison of life-history and parental care in temperate and tropical wrens

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 461-471

  Gill, Sharon A ^a   Haggerty, Thomas M ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD LIMITATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; SONGBIRD; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

CAROLINA; PUERTO RICO;

AVES; THRYOTHORUS; THRYOTHORUS LEUCOTIS; THRYOTHORUS LUDOVICIANUS; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 84865725942     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2012.05637.x     Document Type: Article

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