Effects of food abundance and predictability on body condition and health parameters: Experimental tests with the hooded crow

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Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2002, Pages E155-E163

  Acquarone, Camilla ^a   Cucco, Marco ^a   Cauli, Shara Li ^a   Malacarne, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

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AVES; CORVIDAE; CORVUS CORONE;

EID: 85075038032     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1474-919X.2002.t01-2-00094_1.x     Document Type: Article

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