Left-sided directional bias of cloacal contacts during tree swallow copulations

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 739-741

  Petersen, Aaron D ^a   Lombardo, Michael P ^b   Power, Harry W ^c  

^a HOPE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; PASSERINE;

AVES; ENTEROBACTER; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 0035189299     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2001.1791     Document Type: Article

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