An analysis of egg-size repeatability in barn swallows hirundo rustica

Ardeola

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 183-192

  Bańbura, Jerzy ^a   Zieliński, Piotr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Barn swallow; Egg size; Hirundo rustica; Temporal variability; Within individual variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008684854     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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