Sex-specific mass loss in chick-rearing South Polar Skuas Stercorarius maccormicki - Stress induced or adaptive?

Ibis

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 156-165

  Ritz, Markus S ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BROOD REARING; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; SEABIRD; STRESS;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

AVES; CATHARACTA; CATHARACTA MACCORMICKI; STERCORARIUS;

EID: 33846257725     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00622.x     Document Type: Article

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