Geographical variation in the size of body organs in seabirds

Functional Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 369-379

  Hilton, G M ^a,c   Lilliendahl, K ^b   Solmundsson, J ^b   Houston, D C ^a   Furness, R W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auk; Geographic variation; Local adaptation; Organ size

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033846473     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2000.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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