Egg volume and within-clutch asymmetry in great skuas: Are they related to adult quality?

Waterbirds

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 399-405

  Catry, Paulo ^a   Furness, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Breeding success; Catharacta skua; Clutch asymmetry; Egg size; Great Skua

Indexed keywords

CATHARACTA; CATHARACTA SKUA;

BREEDING SUCCESS; CLUTCH ASYMMETRY; EGG SIZE; GREAT SKUA; PARENTAL QUALITY;

EID: 0031284423     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521589     Document Type: Article

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