The role of female age in determining egg size and laying date of Thick-billed Murres

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 271-278

  Hipfner, J Mark ^a,b   Gaston, Anthony J ^c   De Forest, Leah N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d Box 6122 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; EGG SIZE; LAYING DATE; THICK-BILLED MURRE; TIME-SAVING MODEL;

CANADA; COATS ISLAND; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

AVES; LARIDAE; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 0030668040     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3676939     Document Type: Article

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