Wing and primary growth of the Wandering Albatross

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 360-368

  Berrow, S D ^a   Huin, N ^a   Humpidge, R ^a   Murray, A W A ^a   Prince, P A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diomedea exulans; Growth rates; Primaries; Wandering Albatross; Wing growth

Indexed keywords

DIOMEDEA EXULANS; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032942799     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369999     Document Type: Article

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