Embryological Development of Oxygen Consumption and Egg Parameters in the Semi-altricial Australian Diamond Dove, Geopelia cuneata

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 331-335

  Prinzinger, Roland ^a   Biricik, Murat ^b   Dietz, Volker ^a   Schleucher, Elke ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; GEOPELIA CUNEATA;

EID: 0030823781     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO96042     Document Type: Article

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