Relationships between body composition, body size and alternative reproductive tactics in a lekking sandpiper, the Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 411-416

  Bachman, G ^a   Widemo, F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fat; FFM; Flight costs; TOBEC

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SHOREBIRD;

PHILOMACHUS PUGNAX;

EID: 0032814129     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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