A comparison of the annual cycles in testicular size and moult in captive European starlings Sturnus vulgaris during their first and second years

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 119-123

  Dawson, Alistair ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AVES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037681663     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-048X.2003.03055.x     Document Type: Article

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