Reproductive endocrinology of the Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans in relation to biennial breeding and deferred sexual maturity

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Volumn 128, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 9-22

  HECTOR, J A L ^a,b   CROXALL, J P ^a   FOLLETT, B K ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Zoology ^*  (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84991189466     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1986.tb02088.x     Document Type: Article

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