Egg size variation in the Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 191-196

  Zieliński, Piotr ^a   Bańbura, Jerzy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica; Egg size; Hatching success

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; HATCHING; LAYING DATE; PASSERINE;

POLAND;

HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 0345062160     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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