A photographic guide to the development of double-crested cormorant embryos

Waterbirds

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 348-355

  Powell, D C ^a   Aulerich, R J ^a   Balander, R J ^a   Stromborg, K L ^b   Bursian, S J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Cormorant; Development; Embryo

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; SEABIRD;

PHALACROCORAX AURITUS;

EID: 11544272664     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521647     Document Type: Article

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