The influence of hatching date on different life-history stages of Great Skuas Catharacta skua

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 299-304

  Catry, Paulo ^a,b   Ratcliffe, Norman ^a,c   Furness, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b The Lodge ^*  (Portugal)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAYING DATE; LIFE HISTORY; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

FOULA; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CATHARACTA SKUA;

EID: 0031661253     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677112     Document Type: Article

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