Geographic variation in egg measurements of the Lapwing Vanellus vanellus

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-146

  Chylarecki, Przemysław ^a   Kuczyński, Lechosław ^b   Vogrin, Milan ^c   Tryjanowski, Piotr ^b  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c NONE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Egg size; Geographic variation; Lapwing vanellus vanellus; Reproductive investment

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; LAPWING;

ASIA; EUROPE;

VANELLUS VANELLUS;

EID: 0031389943     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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