Eggshell characteristics and yolk composition in the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus: Are they adapted to brood parasitism?

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-185

  Hargitai, Rita ^a   Moskát, Csaba ^b   Bán, Miklós ^c   Gil, Diego ^d   López Rull, Isabel ^e   Solymos, Emese ^f  

^a Department of Agricultural Sciences and Environmental Management   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^e CSIC   (Spain)

^f EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANTIOXIDANT; BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; CAROTENOID; EGGSHELL; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GAS EXCHANGE; HATCHING; REPRODUCTIVE COST; TESTOSTERONE; VITAMIN;

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; CUCULUS CANORUS;

EID: 77953391210     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04818.x     Document Type: Article

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