Body mass of female common terns (Sterna hirundo) during courtship: Relationships to male quality, egg mass, diet, laying date and age

Waterbirds

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 235-243

  Wendeln, Helmut ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Body condition; Common Tern; Diet choice; Egg mass; Laying date; Male quality; Sterna hirundo

Indexed keywords

HIRUNDO; LARIDAE; STERNA HIRUNDO;

BODY CONDITION; EGG MASS; MATE QUALITY;

EID: 0031399115     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521689     Document Type: Article

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