Age-related changes in the activity of bone alkaline phosphatase and its application as a marker of prefledging maturity of nestlings in wild passerines

Auk

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 456-460

  Tilgar, Vallo ^a   Kilgas, Priit ^a   Mägi, Marko ^a   Mänd, Raivo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Great Tit; Growth; Maturity; Parus major

Indexed keywords

AGE; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOLOGY; NESTLING; PASSERINE; PHOSPHATASE; WILD POPULATION;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 67649866218     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2008.07008     Document Type: Article

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