Fledging in the common swift, Apus apus: Weight-watching with a difference

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-108

  Martins, ThaíS Lima Fernandez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FLEDGING; SWIFT; WING LOADING;

APUS APUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0031193559     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0429     Document Type: Article

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