Producers and scroungers: A general model and its application to captive flocks of house sparrows
@article{Barnard1981ProducersAS,
title={Producers and scroungers: A general model and its application to captive flocks of house sparrows},
author={Christopher J. Barnard and Richard M. Sibly},
journal={Animal Behaviour},
year={1981},
volume={29},
pages={543-550}
}700 Citations
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