A test of the condition-bias hypothesis yields different results for two species of Sparrowhawks (Accipiter)

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-187

  Gorney, Edna ^a   Clark, William S ^b   Yom Tov, Yoram ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY CONDITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; SAMPLING BIAS; TRAPPING;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER BREVIPES; ACCIPITER NISUS;

EID: 0032927399     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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