Accuracy of egg flotation throughout incubation to determine embryo age and incubation day in water bird nests

Condor

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 438-446

  Ackerman, Joshua T ^a   Eagles Smith, Collin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Age determination techniques; Egg flotation; Embryo age; Hatching date; Incubation day; Nest age

Indexed keywords

AVES; HIMANTOPUS MEXICANUS; RECURVIROSTRA AMERICANA; STERNA FORSTERI;

EID: 77956940762     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2010.090070     Document Type: Article

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