Weight loss in oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus on the roost and after capture

Ardea

Volumn 84, Issue PART A, 1996, Pages 13-20

  Zwarts, Leo ^a   Hulscher, Jan B ^b   Zegers, Piet M ^c  

^a RIJKSWATERSTAAT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Defecation; Dehydration; Haematopus ostralegus; Oystercatcher; Weight correction

Indexed keywords

HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS;

EID: 0030389686     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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