Sexual selection and the intromittent organ of birds

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-86

  Briskie, James V ^a,b   Montgomerie, Robert ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; ENTEROBACTER; GALLIFORMES; PALAEOGNATHAE; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030742126     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677097     Document Type: Article

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