Chick growth variability and parental provisioning in the Magnificent Frigatebird

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 612-622

  Tobón, Emilio ^a,b   Osorno, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chick growth; Food availability; Food provisioning; Fregata magnificens; Growth variability; Life history

Indexed keywords

FREGATA MAGNIFICENS;

EID: 33748038434     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[612:CGVAPP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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