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Rattiste, K., & V. Lilleleht. 1995. Survival rates 
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sample, not in another. Intersexual differences in 
recapture probability found in both studies, 
probably caused by lower site tenacity of fe¬ 
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in survival probabilities among individuals. For 
Black Brant, Branta hernida nigricans, relationship 
between members of pair caused the empirical 
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for unpaired individuals. 
Schwarz, C. J., & B. Ganter. 1995. Estimating the 
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Senar, j. C., & J. L. COPETE. 1995. Mediterranean 
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Szfip, T. 1995. Survival rates of Hungarian Sand 
Martins and their relationship with Sahel rain¬ 
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survived less well than adult males with immi¬ 
gration and emigration of adults having a im¬ 
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Van Noordwijk, A. J. 1995. On bias due to ob¬ 
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VlALLEFONT, A., E. G. CoocH, & F. COOKE. 1995. 
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reproduction on probability of future breeding 
for Chen caerulescens. 
EVOLUTION, SYSTEMATICS, GENETICS, & 
HYBRIDS 
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Bhunya, S. P., & M. K. Mohanty. 1990. Chromo¬ 
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Bleiweiss, R., j. a. W. Kirsch, & J. C. Matheus. 1997. 
DNA hybridization evidence for the principal lin¬ 
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mountain gems & bees form 1 branch of a group 
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outside of these, with hermits being the most ba¬ 
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Bourne, W. R. P. 1995. Could the Black-toed Petrel 
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Bruce, J. P., et al. 1996. DNA fingerprinting reveals 
monogamy in the Bushtit, a cooperatively breed¬ 
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Cloteelter, E. D. 1996. Mechanisms of facultative 
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Cohn-Haft, M. 1996. Why the Ungas Tody-Tyrant 
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CORSO, A., & D. Forsman. 1997. Hybrids between 
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Crooijmans, R. P. M. a., et al. 1994. New microsa¬ 
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Dinesen, L., et al. 1994. A new genus and species 
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Ellsworth, D. L., R. L. Honeycutt, & N. J. Silvy. 
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Fleming, T. L., J. L. Halverson, & J. B. Buchanan. 
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Flint, P. L., J. B. Grand, & J. S. Sedinger. 1996. Al¬ 
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Graves, G. R., & N. L. Newfield. 1996. Diagnoses of 
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Graves, G. R. 1996. Diagnoses of hybrid humming¬ 
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Haffer, j. 1997. [Essentialistic and evolutionary 
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Haig, S. M., J. D. Ballou, & N. J. Casna. 1995. Ge¬ 
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Levin, L, L. B. Crittendon, & J. B. Dodgson. 1994. 
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of geese and swans.—R.K. 
