Comparative development in captive and migratory populations of the barnacle goose

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 198-207

  Bishop, Charles M ^a   Butler, Patrick J ^a   El Haj, Alicia J ^a   Egginton, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032031151     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515899     Document Type: Article

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