On the thermal capacity of a bird's egg warmed by a brood patch

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 470-480

  Turner, J Scott ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0031190796     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515854     Document Type: Article

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