Sexual differences in body size of common tern (Sterna hirundo) fledglings;Geschlechtsabhängige gröβenunterschiede von flügglingen der flussseeschwalbe (Sterna hirundo)

Journal fur Ornithologie

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-56

  Becker, Peter H ^a   Winke, Michael ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fledglings; Head bill length; Post fledgings growth; Wing length

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; MORPHOMETRY; SEABIRD; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; WILHELMSHAVEN;

AVES; HIRUNDO; STERNA; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 0036167813     PISSN: 00218375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02465458     Document Type: Article

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