Effects of experimentally increased egg production on female body condition and laying dates in the great skua Stercorarius skua

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 501-514

  Kalmbach, Ellen ^a,b   Griffiths, Richard ^a   Crane, Jonathan E ^a   Furness, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE; LAYING DATE; NESTING SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

AVES; CATHARACTA; CATHARACTA SKUA; GALLUS GALLUS; STERCORARIUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 8844240759     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2004.03271.x     Document Type: Article

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