Temporal and sex-specific variation in growth rates of Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus chicks

Ostrich

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 85-91

  Monadjem, Ara ^a   Bamford, Andrew J ^b   Hardy, Ian C W ^b   Earnshaw, Jason K ^a   Franklin, Elaine ^c   Dalton, Desire L ^d,e   Kotze, Antoinette ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

^d National Zoological Gardens of South Africa   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CICONIIDAE; LEPTOPTILOS CRUMENIFERUS;

EID: 79953099592     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306525.2010.488411     Document Type: Article

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