Clutch size, reproductive success, and growth rate of black-crowned night herons Nycticorax nycticorax

Waterbirds

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 129-132

  Jungsoo, Kim ^a   Tae Hoe, Koo ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Black crowned Night Heron; Clutch size; Growth rate; Hatching and fledging success

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; FLEDGING; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WADER;

NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX;

EID: 34249988211     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2007)030[0129:CSRSAG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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