The energetic implications of precocial development for three shorebird species breeding in a warm environment

Ibis

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-138

  Tjorve K M C ^a,c   Underhill, L G ^a   Visser, G H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Research Group   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus; Charadrii; Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus; Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BREEDING SITE; ENERGETICS; FLEDGING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; METABOLISM; PARENTAL CARE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WADER;

CHARADRII; CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIUS PECUARIUS; SCOLOPACIDAE; VANELLUS; VANELLUS ARMATUS; VANELLUS CORONATUS;

EID: 37849031712     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00752.x     Document Type: Article

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