Forced copulation attempts on gull chicks

Ibis

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 684-685

  Besnard, Aurelien ^a   Scher, Olivier ^b   Lebreton, Jean Dominique ^a   Sadoul, Nicolas ^b  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; JUVENILE; SEABIRD;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0036787645     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1474-919X.2002.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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