Small, fat male moorhens Gallinula chloropus are healthier

Ardeola

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 279-285

  Álvarez, Fernando ^a   Sanchez, Cristina ^b   Angulo, Santiago ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body condition; Gallinula chloropus; Mate choice; Moorhen

Indexed keywords

GALLINULA; GALLINULA CHLOROPUS;

EID: 53049097375     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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