Food intake, weight changes and egg production in captive red grouse before and during laying: Effects of the parasitic nematode Trichostrongylus tenuis

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 501-511

  Delahay, R J ^a,b   Moss, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

egg production; Lagopus lagopus scoticus; parasitism; Red Grouse; resources for laying; Trichostrongylus tenuis

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; PHASIANIDAE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS TENUIS;

EID: 0029829374     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369564     Document Type: Article

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