Embryonic and posthatching development of the barn owl (Tyto alba): Reference data for age determination

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 233, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1248-1260

  Köppl, Christine ^a   Futterer, Eva ^a   Nieder, Bärbel ^b   Sistermann, Ralf ^b   Wagner, Hermann ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altricial; Avian; Bird; Developmental stage; Egg; Embryonic stages; Maturation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEATHER; HATCHING; MATURATION; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OWL; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; TARSAL BONE; TYTO ALBA; ULNA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHICK EMBRYO; EXTREMITIES; STRIGIFORMES;

AVES; TYTO ALBA;

EID: 22244492921     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20394     Document Type: Article

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