Timing of nest departure in the Thick-billed Murre and Razorbill: Tests of Ydenberg's model

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 587-596

  Hipfner, J Mark ^a,b   Gaston, Anthony J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alca torda; Alcidae; Canada; Chick growth; Departure age; Departure mass; Dynamic modelling; Hatching date; Razorbill; Thick billed Murre; Uria lomvia

Indexed keywords

FLEDGING; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; SEABIRD;

ALCA TORDA; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 0032982484     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[0587:TONDIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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