Determinants of reproductive success in force-re-paired cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus)

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 209-218

  Stone, Elizabeth G ^a   Millam, James R ^b   El Halawani, Mohamed E ^a   Phillips, Richard E ^a   Redig, Patrick T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cockatiel; Egg laying; Force pairing; Nesting success

Indexed keywords

NYMPHICUS HOLLANDICUS;

EID: 0033597098     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00008-8     Document Type: Article

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