Periodic cooling of bird eggs reduces embryonic growth efficiency

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 927-936

  Olson, Christopher R ^a   Vleck, Carol M ^a   Vleck, David ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIRD; COOLING; EGG PRODUCTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FITNESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; INCUBATION; METABOLISM; NEST; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BIRD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OOCYTE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; OVUM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TEMPERATURE;

AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 33748793928     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/506003     Document Type: Article

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