A bird's-eye view of aging: What's in it for ornithologists?

Auk

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-23

  Holmes, Donna ^a   Martin, Kathy ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BIRD; LITERATURE REVIEW; ORNITHOLOGY;

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EID: 67650490678     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.1109     Document Type: Review

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