Allometry of mass and composition in bird eggs: Effects of phytogeny and hatchling maturity

Avian and Poultry Biology Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 71-86

  Deeming, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albumen; Altricial; Bird; Developmental maturity; Egg composition; Evolution; Mass; Phylogeny; Precocial; Shell; Yolk

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 42049109170     PISSN: 14702061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3184/147020607X289022     Document Type: Review

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