Scanning and tail-flicking in the Australian Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)

Auk

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 499-501

  Ryan, David A ^a   Bawden, Kylie M ^a   Bermingham, Kathryn T ^a   Elgar, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

GALLINULA TENEBROSA;

EID: 4243069743     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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