Food supplementation induces provisioning of young in cooperatively breeding White-winged Choughs

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 92-94

  Cullen, Nina J ^a   Heinsohn, Robert ^a   Cockburn, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0029795998     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3676966     Document Type: Article

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