The insurance-egg hypothesis and extra reproductive value of last-laid eggs in clutches of American Kestrels

Auk

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 258-261

  Wiebe, Karen L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

FALCO SPARVERIUS;

EID: 0000495744     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4088961     Document Type: Review

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