The effect of laying and hatching order on the timing and asynchrony of hatching

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 885-892

  Muck, Christina ^a,b   Nager, Ruedi G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; HATCHING; INCUBATION; LAYING DATE; PHENOLOGY; SEABIRD;

LARUS FUSCUS;

EID: 33645158319     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.07.020     Document Type: Article

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