Reanalysis gives further support to the 'shotgun' model of shiny cowbird parasitism of house wren nests

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1571-1573

  Lea, S E G ^a   Kattan, G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032456860     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0925     Document Type: Editorial

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