Determinants of eggshell strength in endangered raptors

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 311, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 303-311

  Castilla, Aurora M ^a   Herrel, Anthony ^b   Van Dongen, Stefan ^c   Furio, Naoki ^d   Negro, Juan José ^e  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d Centro de Investigaciones Sociologicas   (Spain)

^e DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; EGG SHELL; FALCONIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; EGG SHELL; FALCONIFORMES; LINEAR MODELS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

FALCO PEREGRINUS; FALCO PEREGRINUS PEREGRINUS; FALCONIDAE; RAPTORES;

EID: 65249147144     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.532     Document Type: Article

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