Body condition, territory ownership and age-related reproductive performance in Spruce Grouse Dendragapus canadensis hens

Ibis

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 646-651

  Reynolds, Jim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE; SPRUCE GROUSE; TERRITORALITY;

AVES; DENDRAGAPUS CANADENSIS; PHASIANIDAE; PICEA;

EID: 0030828597     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1997.tb04687.x     Document Type: Article

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