Behaviour of the Common Moorhen in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-135

  Wallau, Gabriel Luz ^a   Della Flora, Franchesco ^a   Bueno, Anderson Saldanha ^b   Corso, Josmael ^c   Ortiz, Mauro Freitas ^b   Cáceres, Nilton Carlos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Behavioural acts; Behavioural geographic variation; Brazil; Gallinula chloropus; Populations

Indexed keywords

GALLINULA CHLOROPUS;

EID: 77958054170     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-010-0082-5     Document Type: Article

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