The field determination of body size and condition in passerines: A report to the British Ringing Committee

Bird Study

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 92-103

  Gosler, Andrew G ^a   Greenwood, Jeremy J D ^b   Baker, Jeff K ^b   Davidson, Nicholas C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus; Alauda; Anthus; Carduelis; Emberiza; Erithacus; Fidecula; Fringilla; Hirundo; Lanius; Loxia; Miliaria; Motacilla; Muscicapa; Oenanthe; Parus; Phoenicurus; Phylloscopus; Prunella; Pyrrhula; Regulus; Riparia; Saxicola; Sturnus; Sylvia; Troglodytes; Turdus

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CONDITION; PASSERINE; WING LENGTH;

EID: 0031932828     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063659809461082     Document Type: Article

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