Factors related to the artificial incubation of wild bird eggs

Avian Biology Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 121-131

  Klimstra, Jon D ^a,b   Stebbins, Katherine R ^a   Heinz, Gary H ^a   Hoffman, David J ^a   Kondrad, Shannon R ^c  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Beltsville Agricultural Research Center ^*  (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial incubation; Avian egg; Hatching success; Moisture loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INCUBATION; EGG PRODUCTION; HATCHING; HUMIDITY; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WILD ANIMAL;

AVES;

EID: 70350144264     PISSN: 17581559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3184/175815509X12473903090713     Document Type: Article

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