Seasonal decline in body size of Coot chicks

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-131

  Brinkhof, Martin W G ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CHICK GROWTH; COOT; GROWTH RATE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATRA; FULICA ATRA; GALLUS GALLUS; RALLIDAE;

EID: 0030812889     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677305     Document Type: Article

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