Variation in growth in Sandwich Tern chicks Sterna sandvicensis and the consequences for pre- and post-fledging mortality

Ibis

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 567-576

  Stienen, Eric W M ^a,b,c   Brenninkmeijer, Alex ^a,d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^d Altenburg and Wybenga ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; FITNESS; GROWTH; NESTLING; SEABIRD;

WADDEN SEA;

GALLUS GALLUS; LARUS; LARUS RIDIBUNDUS; STERNA; STERNA SANDVICENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036789467     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1474-919X.2002.00086.x     Document Type: Article

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