Egg survival is related to the colour matching of eggs to nest background in Black-tailed Gulls

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 765-770

  Lee, Who Seung ^a,b   Kwon, Young Soo ^a,c   Yoo, Jeong Chil ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c National Park Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Camouflage; Colour quantification; Eggshell colour; Hatching success; Nest site characteristic

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956680993     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-010-0508-x     Document Type: Article

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