Night-time behaviour of egg-laying tits

Ibis

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 342-345

  Pendlebury, C J ^a   Bryant, D M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; NEST BOX; PASSERINE; THERMOREGULATION;

PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 17444374296     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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