Measurement of heritability of hatching date and chick condition in parasitic jaegers

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2290-2294

  Phillips, R A ^a,b   Furness, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Wildfowl Wetlands Trust C   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HATCHING; HERITABILITY; PARASITISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

BODY CONDITION; HATCHING DATE; HERITABILITY; SEABIRD;

UNITED KINGDOM;

STERCORARIUS PARASITICUS;

EID: 0032322219     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-187     Document Type: Article

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