Research advances of galliformes since 1990 and future prospects

Avian Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 1-13

  Tian, Shan ^a   Xu, Jiliang ^a   Li, Jianqiang ^a   Zhang, Zhengwang ^b   Wang, Yong ^c,d  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Future prospects; Galliformes; Research advances; Web of Science

Indexed keywords

EID: 85078455761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20537166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40657-018-0124-7     Document Type: Review

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