The paradox of invasion in birds: competitive superiority or ecological opportunism?

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Oecologia

• Publication date

  2012-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s00442-011-2203-xPMID 22139450
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