Brood parasitism in a population of common eider (Somateria mollissima)

Behaviour

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 725-739

  Waldeck, Peter ^a,d   Kilpi, Mikael ^b   Öst, Markus ^c   Andersson, Malte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d Box 463 ^*  (Sweden)

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EID: 4243183590     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539042245132     Document Type: Article

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