Obtaining and storing house sparrow eggs in quantity for nest-predation experiments;Obtención y almacenamiento de huevos de Passer domesticus para experimentos de depredación

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 124-130

  DeGraaf, Richard M ^a   Maier, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 0035530234     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-72.1.124     Document Type: Article

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