Nestling sex ratio in the European Starling Sturnus vulgaris

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 255-258

  Bradbury, Richard B ^a   Cotton, Peter A ^a   Wright, Jonathan ^a,b   Griffiths, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0030851071     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3676977     Document Type: Article

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