Sex does not affect early growth or survival in chicks of the roseate tern

Waterbirds

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-49

  Nisbet, Ian C T ^a   Szczys, Patricia ^b  

^a I C T Nisbet and Company Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Massachusetts; Roseate Tern; Sex; Sex ratio; Sterna dougalli; Survival

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; SEABIRD; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

BIRD ISLAND; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

STERNA DOUGALLII;

EID: 0035021988     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1522242     Document Type: Article

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