Sources of variation in haematocrit in birds

Ibis

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 535-552

  Fair, Jeanne ^a   Whitaker, Shayna ^a   Pearson, Brandon ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DEHYDRATION; ELEVATION; HATCHING; META-ANALYSIS; NESTLING; PARASITIC DISEASE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WILD POPULATION;

AVES;

EID: 34447114698     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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