Experiments on pair bond stability in domestic pigeons (Columba livia domestica)

Behaviour

Volumn 134, Issue 4-5, 1997, Pages 275-297

  Wosegien, Angelika ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

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EID: 23744500119     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853997x00476     Document Type: Article

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