The relationship between parental age and reproductive effort in the California Gull (Larus californicus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1983, Pages 161-171

  Pugesek, Bruce H ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000903565     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: 14320762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00299919     Document Type: Article

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