American white pelicans force copulations with nestlings

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 279-283

  Somers, Christopher M ^a   Kjoss, Victoria A ^a   Brigham, R Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; COPULATION; NESTLING; WATERFOWL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

PELECANIDAE; PELECANUS ERYTHRORHYNCHOS;

EID: 34250896097     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/05-160.1     Document Type: Article

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