Egg size, eggshell porosity, and incubation period in the marine bird family Alcidae

Auk

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 307-315

  Zimmermann, Karen ^a   Hipfner, J Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcidae; Egg mass; Eggshell porosity; Evolution; Incubation period

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; EGGSHELL; EVOLUTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INCUBATION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; POROSITY; SEABIRD; SELECTION;

ALCIDAE; AVES;

EID: 33846807674     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[307:ESEPAI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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