Pre-Copulatory and Copulatory Behaviour in Relation to Stages of the Oestrous Cycle in the Female Mongolian Gerbil

Behaviour

Volumn 72, Issue 3-4, 1980, Pages 211-241

  Burley, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0019232153     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853980X00122     Document Type: Article

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