Adaptive Loss of Mass in Thick-Billed Murres
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- 1 August 1991
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Ornithological Applications
- Vol. 93 (3) , 496-502
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1368181
Abstract
Mass loss of breeding Thick-billed Murres, Uria lomvia, was examined. Adult breeders lost a significant amount of mass from incubation to chick hatching (0.032 ...Keywords
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