The shape of eggs in different-sized clutches of the house wren (Troglodytes aedon)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1527-1531

  Johnson, L S ^a   Leyhe, J E ^a   Werner, C ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

INCUBATING PARENT;

BIODIVERSITY;

CLUTCH SIZE; EGG; MODELING; PASSERINE; SHAPE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034748077     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-79-8-1527     Document Type: Article

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