Development of thermoregulation and its hormonal control in precocial and altricial birds

Avian and Poultry Biology Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 111-125

  Anne McNabb, F M ^a   Olson, John M ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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