Variation in size and shape of eggs of the feral pigeon (Columba livia)

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 301-310

  Janiga, Marián ^a  

^a Tatra National Park   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Columba livia; egg morphometry; plumage polymorphism; principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA;

EID: 0030478656     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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