Distress calls may honestly signal bird quality to predators
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0962-8452,1471-2954
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0239