Yet even more ways to dress eggs

British Birds

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 338-353

  Gosler, Andrew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; EGGSHELL; ORNITHOLOGY;

AVES; CUCULIDAE; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 33745807282     PISSN: 00070335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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