Incubation of double-crested Cormorant eggs (Phalacrocorax auritus)

Waterbirds

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 256-259

  Powell, D C ^a   Aulerich, R J ^a   Napolitano, A C ^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

Artificial incubation; Double crested Cormorant; Eggs; Hatchability; Phalacrocorax auritus

Indexed keywords

PHALACROCORAX AURITUS;

EID: 1842405143     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521865     Document Type: Article

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