Floater strategies and dynamics in birds, and their importance in conservation biology: towards an understanding of nonbreeders in avian populations

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Animal Conservation

• Publication date

  2011-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2010.00433.x
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