Consequences of egg-size variation in the red-winged blackbird

Auk

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 549-552

  Reed, Wendy L ^a,c   Turner, Andrew M ^a,d   Sotherland, Paul R ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KALAMAZOO COLLEGE   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CLARION UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0032946035     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089390     Document Type: Article

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