Variation in body condition indices of crimson finches by sex, breeding stage, age, time of day, and year

Conservation Physiology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Milenkaya, Olga ^a   Weinstein, Nicole ^b   Legge, Sarah ^c,d   Walters, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY   (Australia)

^d CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body condition; Crimson finch; Habitat quality; Haematocrit; Heterophil to lymphocyte ratio; Neochmia phaeton

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983523324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20511434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/conphys/cot020     Document Type: Article

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