Determining clutch size and laying dates using ovarian follicles

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 587-594

  Pearson, Scott F ^a,b   Rohwer, Sievert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

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