Growth and allocation in captive Common Murre (Uria aalge) chicks

Auk

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 722-734

  Benowitz Fredericks, Z Morgan ^a,c   Kitaysky, Alexander S ^a,c   Thompson, Christopher W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcid; Allometry; Common Murre; Development; Food intake; Uria aalge; Wing loading

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY MASS; CAPTIVE POPULATION; DIET; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEABIRD; WING;

ALCIDAE; AVES; URIA AALGE;

EID: 33746276178     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[722:GAAICC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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