The influence of laying date and maternal age on eggshell thickness and pore density in yellow-eyed penguins

Condor

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 496-505

  Massaro, Melanie ^a,b   Davis, Lloyd S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Eggshell thickness; Female age; Incubation period; Laying date; Megadyptes antipodes; Pore density; Yellow eyed penguin

Indexed keywords

AVES; MEGADYPTES ANTIPODES; SPHENISCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4043176866     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7395     Document Type: Article

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