Intraseasonal variation in the development of sexual size dimorphism in a precocial bird: Evidence from the lesser snow goose

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 439-450

  Cooch, Evan G ^a   Lank, David B ^a   Cooke, Fred ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

body size; growth rates; hatch date; sex ratio; snow goose; survival

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH; LESSER SNOW GOOSE; PRECOCIAL BIRD; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SURVIVAL;

ANSER CAERULESCENS CAERULESCENS;

EID: 0030302822     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5779     Document Type: Article

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