Extra-pair paternity in great tits (Parus major) - A long term study

Behaviour

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1157-1172

  Lubjuhn, Thomas ^a   Strohbach, Sabine ^b   Brün, Jörg ^a   Gerken, Thomas ^a   Epplen, Jörg T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

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EID: 0040318885     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853999501810     Document Type: Article

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