Bright colours and prédation risk in passerines

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 89-93

  Huhta, Esa ^a   Hakkarainen, Harri ^a   Lundvall, Päivi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

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