An Evaluation of Condition Indices for Birds
- 1 July 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in The Journal of Wildlife Management
- Vol. 49 (3) , 569-575
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3801673
Abstract
A Lipid Index, the ratio of fat to fat-free dry weight, is proposed as a measure of fat stores in birds. The estimation of the index from field measurements of ...This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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