Effects of nest quality and other cues for exploration on pre-laying behaviour

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 37-46

  Freire, Rafael ^a   Appleby, Michael C ^a   Hughes, Barry O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pre laying behaviour

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EID: 0002302670     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1591(95)01023-8     Document Type: Article

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