Chick growth and provisioning of surviving and nonsurviving white-tailed tropicbirds (Phaethon lepturus)

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 414-422

  Ramos, Jaime A ^a   Pacheco, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD REARING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PROVISIONING; NESTING SUCCESS; PARENTAL CARE; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

GALLUS GALLUS; LEPTURUS; PHAETHON; PHAETHON LEPTURUS; PHAETHONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2342636414     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/03-052     Document Type: Article

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