A review of the behavioural and physiological adaptations of hill and lowland breeds of sheep that favour lamb survival
- 31 August 2005
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Applied Animal Behaviour Science
- Vol. 92 (3), 235-260
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2005.05.010
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