The influence of sexual size dimorphism on the dietary shifts of Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus during spring

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 130-136

  Odden, Morten ^a   Wegge, Per ^a   Eliassen, Sigrunn ^b   Finne, Mats Haneborg ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIETARY SHIFT; FOOD SELECTION; SEASONALITY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

TETRAO; TETRAO UROGALLUS;

EID: 0346305076     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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