Copulatory behavior of the bearded vulture

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 164-168

  Bertran, Joan ^a   Margalida, Antoni ^a  

^a Grupo Estud Proteccion Q   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bearded Vulture; Copulations; Extrapair copulations; Gypaetus barbatus; Nesting sites; Paternity assurance

Indexed keywords

GYPAETUS BARBATUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 0033014276     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370459     Document Type: Article

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