Age-related differences in body mass and rates of mass gain of passerines during autumn migratory stopover

Condor

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-58

  Jones, Jason ^a   Francis, Charles M ^a   Drew, Maya ^a   Fuller, Sandra ^a   Ng, Michelle W S ^a  

^a Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Age related differences; Body mass; Long Point; Ontario; Rate of mass gain; Stopover ecology

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036183913     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2002)104[0049:ARDIBM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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