Laying order affects incubation duration in the Black Kite (Milvus migrans): Counteracting hatching asynchrony?

Auk

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 192-199

  Viñuela, Javier ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITRIDAE; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MILVUS MIGRANS;

EID: 0343144846     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089160     Document Type: Article

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