Egg‐morphs and host preference in the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus): an analysis of cuckoo and host eggs from European museum collections

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  1995

• Venue

  Journal of Zoology

• Publication date

  1995-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology

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  DOI 10.1111/J.1469-7998.1995.TB02736.X
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