Early arrival is not advantageous for Rufous Bush-Robins parasitized by Common Cuckoos

Auk

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 235-239

  Palomino, José Javier ^a   Martin Vivaldi, Manuel ^a   Soler, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

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EID: 0031906936     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089134     Document Type: Article

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