Nocturnal nest attendance of killdeers: More than meets the eye

Auk

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 502-504

  Warnock, Nils ^a,b   Oring, Lewis W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0005457496     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4088919     Document Type: Review

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