Lean birds in the city: body size and condition of house sparrows along the urbanization gradient.

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Journal of Animal Ecology

• Publication date

  2008-07-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01402.xPMID 18479344
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