Timing of egg laying in yellow warblers

Auk

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 236-240

  McMaster, D Glen ^a,b   Sealy, Spencer G ^a   Gill, Sharon A ^a,c   Neudorf, Diane L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Saskatchewan Wetland Conserv Corp   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Sam Houston State University   (United States)

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EID: 0032965919     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089472     Document Type: Article

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