Offspring growth and parental care in sexually dimorphic Nazca boobies (Sula granti)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 686-694

  Townsend, H M ^a,b   Maness, T J ^a   Anderson, D J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTS; GROWTH KINETICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

FOOD REQUIREMENTS; NESTLING; SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM;

BIRDS;

GROWTH RATE; NESTLING; PARENTAL CARE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEABIRD; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AVES; SULA GRANTI;

EID: 34548188780     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z07-047     Document Type: Article

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