Parental investment and egg yolk lipid composition in gulls

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 298-306

  Royle, N J ^a,c   Surai, P F ^b   McCartney, R J ^b   Speake, B K ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg composition; Larus fuscus

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; LIPID; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SEABIRD;

LARUS FUSCUS;

EID: 0032777591     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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