Avian cholera, post-hatching survival and selection on hatch characteristics in a long-lived bird, the common eider Somateria mollisima

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-48

  Descamps, Sébastien ^a   Forbes, Mark R ^a   Gilchrist, H Grant ^b   Love, Oliver P ^d   Bêty, Joël ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA; DISEASE SEVERITY; HATCHING; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; JUVENILE; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 79952031871     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05196.x     Document Type: Article

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