Establishment and persistence of mass hierarchies in broods of the Brown Pelican

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 187-194

  Shields, Mark A ^a,b,c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Mathematics and Science   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG; HATCHING; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; SEABIRD;

GALLUS GALLUS; PELECANIDAE; PELECANUS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0034045464     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/0043-5643(2000)112[0187:EAPOMH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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