Sexual size dimorphism and sources of variation in the growth of wing feathers in nestling pied flycatchers (ficedula hypoleuca)

Ardeola

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-47

  Potti, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ficedula hypoleuca; Growth; Nest ectoparasites; Pied Flycatcher; Sex differences; Sexual size dimorphism; Wing length

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989864420     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: 23410825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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