Open AccessVariation in body condition indices of crimson finches by sex, breeding stage, age, time of day, and year
Author(s) -
Olga Milenkaya,
Nicole Weinstein,
Sarah Legge,
Jeffrey R. Walters
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
conservation physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.942
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2051-1434
DOI - 10.1093/conphys/cot020
Subject(s) - biology , passerine , variation (astronomy) , demography , zoology , ecology , physics , sociology , astrophysics
Assessing an animal's body condition may be useful in conservation if condition reflects habitat quality. We found that interpretation of most body condition indices can be confounded by effects of breeding stage, sex and age, and only some vary in ways consistent with the idea that they reflect environmental quality.
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