Prefledging mass recession and timing of fledging in Rhinoceros Auklets Cerorhinca monocerata

Ibis

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 217-220

  Deguchi, Tomohiro ^a,b   Watanuki, Yutaka ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMASHINA INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLEDGING; NESTLING; RAPTOR;

CERORHINCA MONOCERATA; RHINOCEROS;

EID: 13444287917     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2004.00337     Document Type: Article

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