Host-egg removal by brown-headed cowbirds: A test of the host incubation limit hypothesis

Auk

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 212-220

  Mcmaster, D Glen ^a   Sealy, Spencer G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

DENDROICA PETECHIA; MOLOTHRUS ATER;

EID: 0030995591     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089162     Document Type: Article

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