Feeding rates and individual contributions to feeding at nests in cooperatively breeding Western American Crows

Auk

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 836-841

  Caffrey, Carolee ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

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CORVIDAE; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 0032817584     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089347     Document Type: Article

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