The timing of gonadal development and moult in three raptors with different breeding seasons: Effects of gender, age and body condition

Ibis

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 654-666

  Young, George R ^a,c   Dawson, Alistair ^b   Newton, Ian ^b   Walker, Lee ^b  

^a MAGDALEN COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding seasons; Ovary; Starvation; Testis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY CONDITION; BREEDING SEASON; BROOD STOCK; MATURATION; MOLT; PREDATOR; RAPTOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; STARVATION;

ACCIPITER NISUS; AVES; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; MAMMALIA; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 70349431425     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00957.x     Document Type: Article

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