Age composition and sexual size dimorphism of albatrosses and petrels off Brazil

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 253-260

  Bugoni, Leandro ^a,b   Furness, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Age composition; Albatross; Pelagic community; Petrel; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

AVES; DIOMEDEA; DIOMEDEA EXULANS; DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS; DIOMEDEIDAE; MACRONECTES GIGANTEUS; PROCELLARIA; PROCELLARIIDAE; THALASSARCHE; THALASSARCHE CHLORORHYNCHOS;

EID: 77955278438     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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