Starlings have difficulty in detecting dot symmetry: Implications for studying fluctuating asymmetry

Behaviour

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-40

  Swaddle, John P ^a   Ruff, Douglas A ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

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EID: 1242322484     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853904772746583     Document Type: Article

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