Magellanic Penguin eggshell pores: Does number matter?

Ibis

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 535-540

  Boersma, P Dee ^a   Rebstock, Ginger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Eggshell thickness; Incubation period; Pore density; Spheniscus magellanicus

Indexed keywords

EGGSHELL; GAS EXCHANGE; INCUBATION; POROSITY; SEABIRD; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 67849109683     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00943.x     Document Type: Article

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