Energetics of altricial nestlings in cold climates: Insights from the Mountain White-crowned Sparrow

Condor

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 707-718

  Weathers, Wesley W ^a   Davidson, Charisse L ^a   Morton, Martin L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Energetics; Growth; Nestling; White crowned sparrow; Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA; ZONOTRICHIA; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS ORIANTHA;

EID: 0242592054     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7400     Document Type: Article

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