Chapter 7 Hormones in Avian Eggs: Physiology, Ecology and Behavior

Advances in the Study of Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue , 2008, Pages 337-398

  Gil, Diego ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

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EID: 48849107168     PISSN: 00653454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3454(08)00007-7     Document Type: Review

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