Extrapair paternity associated with renesting in the American Goldfinch

Auk

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 230-234

  Gissing, G J ^a,b   Crease, T J ^a   Middleton, A L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0031951396     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089133     Document Type: Article

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