Skeletal development at the time of fledging in house wrens

Condor

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 568-573

  Dutta, Chaitali ^a   Scott Johnson, L ^a   Larkin, David ^a   Mangurian, Luz P ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Growth; House Wren; Skeleton; Troglodytes aedon

Indexed keywords

AVES; TROGLODYTES AEDON; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3543002934     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369728     Document Type: Article

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