Morphometrics of the Chinese grouse Bonasa sewerzowi

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 24-26

  Sun, Yue Hua ^a   Fang, Yun ^b   Swenson, Jon E ^c,d   Klaus, Siegfried ^e   Zheng, Guang Mei ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e Thuringer Landesanstalt Umwelt/Geol   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allometrics; Body size; Bonasa sewerzowi; Eggmass; Reproductive investment

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BREEDING SEASON; MORPHOMETRY;

BONASA; BONASA SEWERZOWI; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 12444304517     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-004-0046-5     Document Type: Article

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