Hormonal Regulation of Avian Courtship and Mating Behaviors

Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates - Volume 4

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 153-180

  Riters, Lauren V ^a   Alger, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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