Difference in nesting ecology of purple sunbird Nectarinia asiatica among urban and rural habitats in New Delhi, India

Avocetta

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-35

  Mazumdar, Abhijit ^a   Kumar, Prabhat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Breeding success; Clutch size; Mortality; Predation

Indexed keywords

NECTARINIA ASIATICA;

EID: 84907905642     PISSN: 04044266     EISSN: 24209589     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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