Catherine A. Toft, David L. Trauger, Horatio W. Murdy, Seasonal Decline in Brood Sizes of Sympatric Waterfowl (Anas and Aythya, Anatidae) and a Proposed Evolutionary Explanation, Journal of Animal Ecology, Vol. 53, No. 1 (Feb., 1984), pp. 75-92
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