Cooperative breeding in the campo flicker i: Breeding ecology and social behavior

Condor

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 847-854

  Dias, Raphael Igor ^a   Webster, Michael S ^b   Goedert, Débora ^a   Macedo, Regina H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Colaptes campestris; Communal breeding; Cooperative breeding; Joint nesting; Mating system; Tropics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890513814     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2013.120142     Document Type: Article

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