A first case of female-female pairing in the black-faced sheathbill Chionis minor

Emu

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 292-295

  Bried, Joël ^a   Duriez, Olivier ^a   Juin, Geoffroy ^a  

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CHIONIS MINOR;

EID: 0033368141     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU99034B     Document Type: Article

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