Testosterone induces sexual release quality in the song of female canaries

Ethology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 617-628

  Vallet, Eric ^a   Kreutzer, Michel ^b   Gahr, Manfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b NONE

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EID: 0029845166     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1996.tb01153.x     Document Type: Article

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