Effects of season, plasma testosterone and body size on corncrake (Crex crex) call rhythm

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 647-659

  Osiejuk, Tomasz S ^a   Olech, Bogumiła ^b   Ratyńska, Katarzyna ^a   Owsiński, Andrzej ^c   Gromadzka Ostrowska, Joanna ^d  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Kampinoski National Park   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^d WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BODY SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TESTOSTERONE; VOCALIZATION;

CREX; CREX CREX; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 8144219854     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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