Factors affecting primary molt in the Gray-headed Albatross

Condor

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 8-17

  Cobley, N D ^a   Prince, P A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrival mass; Breeding experience; Diomedea chrysostoma; Gray headed Albatross; Primary molt; South Georgia; Year effects

Indexed keywords

DIOMEDEA CHRYSOSTOMA;

EID: 0031881814     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369892     Document Type: Article

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