Foraging proficiency and body condition of juvenile American Dippers

Condor

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 385-388

  Donnelly, Roarke E ^a,b   Sullivan, Kimberly A ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

American Dipper; Body condition; Cinclus mexicanus; Foraging; Hematocrit; Juvenile

Indexed keywords

AVES; CINCLIDAE; CINCLUS MEXICANUS;

EID: 0031833713     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370282     Document Type: Article

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