Attractive non-mimetic stimuli in Cuckoo Cuculus canorus eggs

Ibis

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 142-144

  Alvarez, Fernando ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

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EID: 0032896437     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1999.tb04274.x     Document Type: Article

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