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Biometrics and Morphology Variation within Sex-Age Groups of Robins (Erithacus rubecula) Migrating through the Polish Baltic Coast Cover

Biometrics and Morphology Variation within Sex-Age Groups of Robins (Erithacus rubecula) Migrating through the Polish Baltic Coast

The Ring
Volume 29 (2007): Issue 1-2 (December 2007)
By: Katarzyna Rosińska  
Open Access
|Jul 2009

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10050-008-0043-9 | Journal eISSN: 2083-3520
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Language: English
Page range: 91 - 106
Published on: Jul 22, 2009
Published by: University of Gdańsk
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Robins,
Erithacus rubecula,
sexual differences,
Baltic coast,
biometry
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology,
Ecology,
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Volume 29 (2007): Issue 1-2 (December 2007)