Timing and patterns of growth off Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda tail streamer ornaments

Ibis

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 355-359

  Veit, Allison C ^a,b   Jones, Ian L ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; ORNAMENTATION; SEABIRD; TAIL FEATHER;

PHAETHON; PHAETHON RUBRICAUDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2042495487     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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