Adoption of unrelated young by greater rheas

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 58-65

  Codenotti, Thaïs L ^a   Alvarez, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PASSO FUNDO   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

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