Variation in the size of Buller's albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) eggs

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 171-180

  Sagar, P M ^a   Unwin, M J ^a   Stahl, J C ^b   Warham, John ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b Museum of New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Breeding success; Individual variation; Inter annual variation; Minimum breeding experience; Procellariiformes; Sex of chick

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; EGG SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; SNARES ISLANDS; WORLD;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; PROCELLARIIFORMES; THALASSARCHE BULLERI;

EID: 27144485783     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2005.9518410     Document Type: Article

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