The effect of age on timing of breeding and reproductive success in the Thick-billed Murre

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1501-1511

  De Forrst, Leah N ^a,c   Gaston, Anthony J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Breeding; Canada; Chick growth; Northwest Territories; Reproductive success; Thick billed murre; Timing of; Uria lomvia

Indexed keywords

AGE EFFECT; BREEDING PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; THICK-BILLED MURRE;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, COATS ISLAND;

URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 0030427947     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265547     Document Type: Article

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