The grass is always greener: Do monsoon rains matter for molt of the Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)?

Auk

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 297-307

  Butler, Luke K ^a  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Life history; Migration; Molt; North American Monsoon; Pyrocephalus

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; GRASS; LIFE HISTORY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOLT; MONSOON; NESTING; PASSERINE;

NORTH AMERICA;

PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; PYROCEPHALUS; PYROCEPHALUS RUBINUS;

EID: 84878827980     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2013.12216     Document Type: Article

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