Twinning and embryonic mortality in a free-living kaka (Nestor meridionalis)

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-

  Alley, M R ^a   Berry, R ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b National Wildlife Centre   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Endophthalmitis; Glaucoma; Manual extracapsular extraction; Phacoemulsification; Retinal detachment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRTH DEFECT; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EGG LAYING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO MORTALITY; FETUS WEIGHT; HATCHING; INCUBATION TIME; NESTING; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRODUCTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SURVIVAL; TWIN PREGNANCY;

AVES; NESTOR; NESTOR MERIDIONALIS;

EID: 0036341598     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2002.36249     Document Type: Article

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