Shapes and functions of bird-growth models: How to characterise chick postnatal growth

Zoology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 326-333

  Tjørve, Kathleen M C ^a   Tjørve, Even ^a  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biometrics; Growth analysis; Growth models; Parameterisation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMETRY; CHARADRIIFORMES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; CHARADRIIFORMES; GROWTH CHARTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

AVES; CALIDRIS MINUTA; HAEMATOPUS BACHMANI; HAEMATOPUS MOQUINI;

EID: 78649635024     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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