Dawn and dusk singing of male American Robins in relation to female behavior

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 507-515

  Slagsvold, Tore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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