Is the reduced incubation time for B-eggs in Rockhopper Penguins Eudyptes chrysocome linked to egg density variation?

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 137-142

  Poisbleau, Maud ^a,b   Demongin, Laurent ^a   Strange, Ian J ^c   Eens, Marcel ^b   Quillfeldt, Petra ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c New Island Conservation Trust   (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

Author keywords

Egg category; Egg measurements; Hatching asynchrony; Hatching date; Laying date; Southern Rockhopper Penguin

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DIMORPHISM; EGG; HATCHING; INCUBATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT;

EUDYPTES; EUDYPTES CHRYSOCOME; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 77958479412     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-010-0558-0     Document Type: Article

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