Drying eggs to inhibit bacteria: Incubation during laying in a cavity nesting passerine.

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Behavioural Processes

• Publication date

  2011-11-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.beproc.2011.08.012PMID 21889974
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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