Effect of population bottlenecks on the egg morphology of introduced birds in New Zealand

Ibis

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 136-144

  Congdon, Nicola M ^a   Briskie, James V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Egg shape; Egg volume; Hatching failure; Introduced species; Island birds

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EGG SIZE; FITNESS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISLAND; MORPHOLOGY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

AVES;

EID: 71949097860     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00975.x     Document Type: Article

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