Detecting pigments from colourful eggshells of extinct birds

Chemoecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-48

  Igic, Branislav ^a   Greenwood, David R ^a,b   Palmer, David J ^a   Cassey, Phillip ^c   Gill, Brian J ^d   Grim, Tomas ^e   Brennan, Patricia L R ^f   Bassett, Suzanne M ^g   Battley, Phil F ^a,h   Hauber, Mark E ^a,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

^e PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^h MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

ⁱ CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg matrix; Pigmentation; Radiation; Ratite

Indexed keywords

AVES; MEGALAPTERYX DIDINUS; PALAEOGNATHAE;

EID: 77949310154     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-009-0038-2     Document Type: Article

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