Molt-breeding tradeoffs in albatrosses: Life history implications for big birds

Oikos

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 498-510

  Langston, Nancy E ^a,b   Rohwer, Sievert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY; TRADE-OFF;

DIOMEDEA IMMUTABILIS; DIOMEDEA NIGRIPES;

EID: 0030304539     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546343     Document Type: Article

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