Variation in the adult body mass of Wilson's storm petrels Oceanites oceanicus during breeding

Polar Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 372-378

  Quillfeldt, Petra ^a,b,f   Masello, Juan F ^a,c   Lubjuhn, Thomas ^d,e  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; BREEDING SEASON; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEABIRD;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

AVES; HYDROBATINAE; OCEANITES OCEANICUS;

EID: 33645331590     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-005-0066-5     Document Type: Article

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