A long-term increase in eggshell thickness of Greenlandic Peregrine Falcons Falco peregrinus tundrius

Knud Falk; Søren Møller; William G. Matox

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.02.024

A long-term increase in eggshell thickness of Greenlandic Peregrine Falcons Falco peregrinus tundrius

Knud Falk
, Søren Møller
, William G. Matox

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review

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Udgivelsesdato: 2006-02-15

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Science of the Total Environment
Vol/bind	355
Udgave nummer	1-3
Sider (fra-til)	127
Antal sider	8
ISSN	0048-9697
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.02.024
Status	Udgivet - 2006

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Undersøgelse af Vandrefalken i Sydgrønland
Møller, S. (Projektdeltager) & Falk, K. (Projektdeltager)
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Greenland Peregrine Falcon eggshell thickness monitoring data 1972 - 2019
Falk, K. (Ophav), Møller, S. (Ophav), Mattox, W. G. (Ophav) & Vorkamp, K. (Ophav), Zenodo, 17 sep. 2020
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4014997, https://zenodo.org/record/4014998
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A long-term increase in eggshell thickness of Greenlandic Peregrine Falcons Falco peregrinus tundrius

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Greenland Peregrine Falcon eggshell thickness monitoring data 1972 - 2019

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