A supplemental function of the avian egg tooth

Condor

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Wiebe, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colaptes auratus; Color; Detectability; Egg tooth; Nestling; Northern Flicker; Reflectance; Woodpecker

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLAPTES; COLAPTES AURATUS; PICIDAE;

EID: 77949440767     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2010.090194     Document Type: Article

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