Natural occurrence of crowing in a free-living female galliform, the California Quail

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 256-259

  Gee, Jennifer M ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; VOCALIZATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CALLIPEPLA CALIFORNICA; GALLIFORMES; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 33745827437     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/05-028.1     Document Type: Article

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