Parasitism and developmental plasticity in Alpine swift nestlings.

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Journal of Animal Ecology

• Publication date

  2003-07-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1046/J.1365-2656.2003.00734.XPMID 30893964
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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