Variation in egg size of the Northern Pintail

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 162-165

  Flint, Paul L ^a   Grand, J Barry ^a  

^a US National Biological Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Egg size; Northern Pintail; Repeatability; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

ANAS ACUTA;

EID: 0030029226     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369519     Document Type: Article

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