Establishing body-size indicators in a study of female spruce grouse Dendragapus canadensis

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 240, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 113-122

  Reynolds, S J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDRAGAPUS CANADENSIS;

BODY SIZE; SPRUCE GROUSE;

EID: 0029662625     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05489.x     Document Type: Article

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