Egg size, body size, locomotion, and feeding performance in captive King Eider ducklings

Condor

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 195-199

  Anderson, V R ^a   Alisauskas, R T ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Duckling; Egg size; Feeding; King Eider; Locomotion; Somateria spectabilis

Indexed keywords

SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS;

EID: 0035136619     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2001)103[0195:ESBSLA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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