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Corticosterone and Nocturnal Torpor in the Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)

✍ Scribed by Sara M. Hiebert; Katrina G. Salvante; Marilyn Ramenofsky; John C. Wingfield


Book ID
112246906
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2000
Tongue
English
Weight
182 KB
Volume
120
Category
Article
ISSN
0016-6480

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