The shelf life of bird eggs: Testing egg viability using a tropical climate gradient

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2164-2175

  Beissinger, Steven R ^a   Cook, Mark I ^a,c   Arendt, Wayne J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^c SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Birds; Climatic gradient; Developmental constraint; Egg viability; Hatching asynchrony; Incubation; Parental care; Pearly eyed Thrasher

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; EGG; HATCHING; INCUBATION; LIFE HISTORY;

AVES; MARGAROPS FUSCATUS;

EID: 23644437173     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1624     Document Type: Article

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