Extra nest site occupancy by Tree Swallows: Do floaters avoid nest sites near settled pairs?

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 797-802

  Mitchell, Jeremy S ^a   Robertson, Raleigh J ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TACHYCINETA;

EID: 0030465846     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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