Social mating system and sexual behaviour in captive emus dromaius novaehollandiae

Emu

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 161-168

  Blache, D ^a   Barrett, C D ^a   Martin, G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; MONOGAMY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE;

EID: 0033635749     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU9902     Document Type: Article

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