Application of Richards's growth model to Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus nestlings

Ostrich

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-82

  Taylor, Stuart ^a   Perrin, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POICEPHALUS CRYPTOXANTHUS; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 44449130579     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/OSTRICH.2008.79.1.10.377     Document Type: Article

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