Common blackbirds Turdus merula use anthropogenic structures as nesting sites in an urbanized landscape
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Breeding strategy and morphological characters in an urban population of blackbirds, Turdus merula
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Zoology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2396-9814,1674-5507
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/61.3.435