Variation of body mass in moorhens Gallinula chloropus wintering in a temperate area

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 353-365

  Acquarone, Camilla ^b   Baiardi, Renza ^b   Cucco, Marco ^b   Malacarne, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; OVERWINTERING;

ITALY;

GALLINULA; GALLINULA CHLOROPUS; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032439502     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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