Breeding Great Tits Parus major avoid nestboxes infested with fleas

Ibis

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 687-690

  Rytkönen, Seppo ^a   Lehtonen, Riitta ^a   Orell, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

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PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 0031708950     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1998.tb04717.x     Document Type: Article

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