On the allometric relationship between size and composition of avian eggs: A reassessment

Condor

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 705-714

  Arnold, Todd W ^a   Green, Andy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allometry; Egg composition; Egg size; Ordinary least squares regression; Reduced major axis regression

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 34548434629     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7902.1     Document Type: Review

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