What causes body size variation in the Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea?

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-171

  Barbraud, Christophe ^a   Jouventin, Pierre ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; MATING SYSTEM; SIZE;

BODY SIZE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HYBRIDIZATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ADELIELAND; ANTARCTICA; CASEY;

PAGODROMA NIVEA; PAGODROMA NIVEA MAJOR; PAGODROMA NIVEA MINOR;

EID: 0031863564     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677194     Document Type: Article

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