"Kleptoptily": How the Fork-tailed Palm-Swift feathers its nest [3]

Auk

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 712-715

  Whitney, Bret M ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Field Guides Inc   (United States)

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TACHORNIS;

EID: 34249017601     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[712:KHTFPF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Letter

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