Body size, fitness and compatibility in Barnacle Geese Branta leucopsis

Ibis

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 700-709

  Choudhury, Sharmila ^a   Black, Jeffrey M ^a   Owen, Myrfyn ^a  

^a WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANTA LEUCOPSIS;

BARNACLE GOOSE; BODY SIZE; FITNESS; MATE PREFERENCE;

EID: 0030303878     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1996.tb04772.x     Document Type: Article

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