Body water dynamics at the onset of egg-laying in the Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-6

  Reynolds, S James ^a   Waldron, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRINGILLIDAE; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032965486     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677236     Document Type: Article

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