The effects of parental quality and timing of breeding on the growth of nestling Thick-billed Murres

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 353-360

  Hipfner, J Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcidae; growth; parent quality; Thick billed Murre; timing of breeding; Uria lomvia

Indexed keywords

ALCIDAE; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; LARIDAE; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 0030973281     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369941     Document Type: Article

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