Using vitellogenin to identify interannual variation in breeding chronology of Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus)

Auk

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 512-521

  McFarlane Tranquilla, Laura ^a   Williams, Tony ^a   Cooke, Fred ^a,b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Larkin's Cottage   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BREEDING; CHRONOLOGY; EGG PRODUCTION; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; DESOLATION SOUND;

AVES; BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038480248     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/auk/120.2.512     Document Type: Article

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