Siblicide in Swallow-tailed Kites

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 112-120

  Gerhardt, Richard P ^a,b   Gerhardt, Dawn M ^a,b   Vasquez, Miguel Angel ^b  

^a THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

^b El Parque Nacional Tikal ^*  (Guatemala)

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