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How fecundity balances mortality in birds

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  1. Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London, NW1 4RY, UK

    PETER M. BENNETT

  2. Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK

    PAUL H. HARVEY

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BENNETT, P., HARVEY, P. How fecundity balances mortality in birds. Nature 333, 216 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1038/333216b0

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