Cooperative breeding between males in the Greater Rhea Rhea americana

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Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 568-571

  Codenotti, Thaïs L ^a   Alvarez, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PASSO FUNDO   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHEA; RHEA AMERICANA;

EID: 0030796098     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1997.tb04675.x     Document Type: Article

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