A partial double-layered eggshell in the Tropical Mockingbird (Mimus gilvus)

Ornitologia Neotropical

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 263-266

  Hayes, Floyd E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b PACIFIC UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mimus gilvus; Multilayered eggshell; Trinidad; Tropical Mockingbird

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745826599     PISSN: 10754377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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