Brood-parasite-induced female-biased mortality affects songbird demography: negative implications for conservation
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L. Y. Zanette ([email protected]) Dept of Biology, Univ. of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5B7, Canada. – M. Clinchy, Dept of Biology, Univ. of Victoria, Victoria, BC, V8W 3N5, Canada. – M. L. Leonard and A. G. Horn, Dept of Biology, Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, NS, B3H 4J1, Canada. – D. T. Haydon, Div. of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Univ. of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK. – E. Hampson, Dept of Psychology, Univ. of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5C2, Canada.
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