Indirect, physiological assessment of reproductive state and breeding chronology in free-living birds: An example in the Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)

Functional Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 758-765

  Vanderkist, B A ^a   Williams, T D ^a   Bertram, D F ^a,b   Lougheed, L W ^a   Ryder, J L ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Physiological methods; Ptychoramphus; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEABIRD;

EID: 0034517668     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2000.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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