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The Significance of Clutch-size

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The ecology and evolution of extra-pair copulations in birds

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The Ecology and Behavior of the Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor

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The significance of breeding synchrony in the wildebeest

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Alternative Models of Territorial Polygyny in Birds

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Bird Flocks and the Breeding Cycle. A Contribution to the Study of Avian Sociality

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