Mating patterns and reversed size dimorphism in Southern Skuas (Stercorarius skua lonnbergi)

Auk

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 858-863

  Phillips, Richard A ^a   Dawson, Deborah A ^a   Ross, Douglas J ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMORPHISM; MATING BEHAVIOR; RAPTOR;

CATHARACTA; CATHARACTA SKUA; RAPTORES; STERCORARIUS; STERCORARIUS SKUA;

EID: 0036656031     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089989     Document Type: Article

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