Energy requirements for growth in relation to sexual size dimorphism in marsh harrier Circus aeruginosus nestlings

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 693-702

  Krijgsveld, Karen L ^a   Dijkstra, Cor ^a,b   Visser, G Henk ^a   Daan, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ENERGETICS; GROWTH; NESTLING; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

CIRCUS AERUGINOSUS;

EID: 0032216117     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515983     Document Type: Article

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