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An Experimental Test of the Concealment Hypothesis Using Oriental Skylark (Alauda gulgula) nests on the Tibet Plateau

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  1. College of Life Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434025, China

    Shaobin Li, Jinlan Qin, Wei Li & Han Yan

  2. College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434025, China

    Zhenyu Jin

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Li, S., Qin, J., Jin, Z. et al. An Experimental Test of the Concealment Hypothesis Using Oriental Skylark (Alauda gulgula) nests on the Tibet Plateau. Russ J Ecol 49, 588–590 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413618660049

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