Use of total body electrical conductivity to predict northern bobwhite lipid mass

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 695-704

  Frawley, Brian J ^a   Osborne, David A ^b,e   Weeks Jr , Harmon P ^b   Burger Jr , Loren W ^c   Dailey, Thomas V ^d  

^a INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

^e Purdue Extension   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Colinus virginianus; Fat; Lipids; Model validation; Northern bobwhite; TOBEC; Total body electrical conductivity

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0032911306     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802659     Document Type: Article

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