Composition of Wood Duck eggs in relation to egg size, laying sequence, and skipped days of laying

Auk

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 479-487

  Kennamer, Robert A ^a   Alsum, Sarah K ^a,b   Colwell, Sheila V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Southeast Support Office ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

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AIX; AIX SPONSA; ANAS; ANAS SP.;

EID: 0030811003     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089248     Document Type: Article

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