Unusual timing of copulations in the Australian Brush-Turkey

Auk

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 169-177

  Birks, Sharon M ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GAMEBIRD; MATING BEHAVIOR; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

ALECTURA LATHAMI;

EID: 0033007911     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089463     Document Type: Article

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