Re-examination of the capital and income dichotomy in breeding birds

Ibis

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 399-414

  Meijer, Theo ^a   Drent, Rudi ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; ENERGETICS; NUTRITION;

EID: 0032789138     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1999.tb04409.x     Document Type: Article

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