Incidence and origins of supernumeraries at Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) nests

Auk

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 757-770

  Sloane, Sarah A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEGITHALIDAE; AVES; PSALTRIPARUS MINIMUS;

EID: 0030470079     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4088855     Document Type: Article

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