Current versus future reproduction: an experimental test of parental investment decisions using nest desertion by mallards (Anas platyrhynchos)

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

• Publication date

  2003-05-20

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s00265-003-0628-x
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