A quarter century of variation in color and allometric characteristics of eggs from a rain forest population of the Pearly-eyed Thrasher (Margarops fuscatus)

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 204-217

  Arendt, Wayne J ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Allometric; Egg; Margarops fuscatus; Morphology; Passerines; Pearly eyed Thrasher; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; EGG; EGG SIZE; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE;

MARGAROPS; MARGAROPS FUSCATUS; MIMIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 4344588707     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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