Physical condition of an animal, using as an example the Common Eider, Somateria mollissima

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 230-235

  Cabanac, Arnaud J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b Aquarium du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Ecology; Fitness; Management; Physiology

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENERGY USE; FITNESS; INDEX METHOD; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; SOMATERIA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 1842533135     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v117i2.701     Document Type: Article

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