Assessing growth and age of Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida chicks using biometrics

Ardea

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 271-277

  Paillisson, Jean Marc ^a   Latraube, Franck ^b   Reeber, Sébastien ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^c Réserve Naturelle Nationale du Lac de Grand Lieu   (France)

Author keywords

Ageing; Biometrics; Chick; Chlidonias hybrida; Growth curves; Whiskered Tern

Indexed keywords

AGE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMETRY; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; JUVENILE; SEABIRD;

AVES; CHLIDONIAS; CHLIDONIAS HYBRIDUS; CHLIDONIAS NIGER;

EID: 56749183300     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5253/078.096.0212     Document Type: Article

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