Hard to fly the nest: A study of body condition and plumage quality in house sparrow fledglings

Current Zoology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 449-459

  Leloutre, Charlène ^a   Gouzerh, Alice ^a   Angelier, Frédéric ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Body condition; Fat score; Fault bar; Muscle score; Passer domesticus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905676590     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/60.4.449     Document Type: Article

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