Intraclutch variation in testosterone content of Red-winged Blackbird eggs

Auk

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 231-235

  Lipar, Joseph L ^a   Ketterson, Ellen D ^a   Nolan Jr , Val ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033005902     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089471     Document Type: Article

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