Variability in avian eggshell colour: A comparative study of museum eggshells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Cassey, Phillip ^a   Portugal, Steven J ^a   Maurer, Golo ^a   Ewen, John G ^b   Boulton, Rebecca L ^a   Hauber, Mark E ^c   Blackburn, Tim M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG SHELL; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; VISUAL SYSTEM; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; INFORMATION CENTER; LIGHT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AVES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIRDS; EGG SHELL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LIGHT; MUSEUMS; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 77957798501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012054     Document Type: Article

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