Mortality and Dispersal in Summer and Its Consequences for the Density of Great Tits Parus major at the Onset of Autumn

P. J. Drent

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1 January 1984 Mortality and Dispersal in Summer and Its Consequences for the Density of Great Tits Parus major at the Onset of Autumn

P. J. Drent

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Ardea, 55(1–2):127-162 (1984). https://doi.org/10.5253/arde.v72.p127

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P. J. Drent "Mortality and Dispersal in Summer and Its Consequences for the Density of Great Tits Parus major at the Onset of Autumn," Ardea 55(1–2), 127-162, (1 January 1984). https://doi.org/10.5253/arde.v72.p127

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