Seasonal patterns of breeding, moulting, and body mass variation in Pyrenean Common Crossbills Loxia curvirostra curvirostra

Ringing and Migration

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-70

  Alonso, Daniel ^a   Arizaga, Juan ^a  

^a Aranzadi Ringing Scheme   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

LOXIA; LOXIA CURVIROSTRA CURVIROSTRA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84861162329     PISSN: 03078698     EISSN: 21598355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03078698.2011.587253     Document Type: Article

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