Correlates of fall-spring mass dynamics of northern bobwhites

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 324-329

  Hiller, Tim L ^a,b   Guthery, Fred S ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GAMEBIRD; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 13944278896     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/04-041     Document Type: Article

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