Seasonal variation in body mass and fat of Zebra Finches in south-eastern Australia

Emu

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-19

  Rozman, Jan ^a   Runciman, David ^a   Zann, Richard A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FAT RESERVE; PASSERINE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA;

FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; TAENIOPYGIA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 0038373566     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU02003     Document Type: Article

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