Egg mass and incubation period allometry in birds and reptiles: Effects of phylogeny

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 270, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 209-218

  Deeming, D C ^a,b   Birchard, G F ^c   Crafer, R ^a   Eady, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b Hatchery Consulting and Research   (United Kingdom)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Bird; Incubation period; Initial egg mass; Phylogenetic relatedness; Reptile

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIRD; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EGG BANK; INCUBATION; OVIPOSITION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPTILE;

AVES; REPTILIA;

EID: 33748805534     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00131.x     Document Type: Article

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