Pheromones in birds: myth or reality?

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Journal of Comparative Physiology

• Publication date

  2010-05-21

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s00359-010-0534-4PMID 20490809PMCID PMC3522863
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