Measuring egg size using digital photography: Testing Hoyt's method using Florida Scrub-Jay eggs

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-116

  Bridge, Eli S ^a   Boughton, Raoul K ^a,b   Aldredge, Robert A ^b   Harrison, Timothy J E ^c   Bowman, Reed ^b   Schoech, Stephan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphelocoma coerulescens; Egg volume; Field techniques; Florida Scrub Jay; Measurement error; Surface area

Indexed keywords

APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS COERULESCENS;

EID: 33847419598     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: 15579263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2006.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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