Adoption in rock and white-tailed ptarmigan

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 638-641

  Wong, Mark M L ^a   Fedy, Brad C ^b   Wilson, Scott ^c   Martin, Kathy M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; BROOD SIZE; GAMEBIRD;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; RUBY RANGE; VANCOUVER ISLAND; YUKON TERRITORY;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS LEUCURUS; LAGOPUS MUTUS;

EID: 77749243371     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/08-029.1     Document Type: Article

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