Plumage variability and territoriality in breeding turnstone Arenaria interpres: status signalling or individual recognition?

@article{Whitfield1986PlumageVA,
  title={Plumage variability and territoriality in breeding turnstone Arenaria interpres: status signalling or individual recognition?},
  author={D. Philip Whitfield},
  journal={Animal Behaviour},
  year={1986},
  volume={34},
  pages={1471-1482}
}
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