Influences of breeding experience on the reproductive performance of Great Skuas Catharacta skua

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 293-298

  Ratcliffe, Norman ^a,b   Furness, Robert W ^a   Klomp, Nicholas I ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLUTCH SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

FOULA; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CATHARACTA SKUA;

EID: 0031685317     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677111     Document Type: Article

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