Comparison of micrometer- and scanning electron microscope-based measurements of avian eggshell thickness;Comparación entre un micrómetro y un microscopio electrónico (MEB) en la medida del grosor de cascarones de huevos de aves

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 402-410

  Igic, Branislav ^a,b   Hauber, Mark E ^a,c   Galbraith, Josie A ^a   Grim, Tomas ^d   Dearborn, Donald C ^e   Brennan, Patricia L R ^f   Moskát, Csaba ^g   Choudhary, Pankaj K ^h   Cassey, Phillip ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian eggshell; Electron microscope; Thickness measurement; Tolerance interval

Indexed keywords

AVES; NEOGNATHAE; PALAEOGNATHAE;

EID: 78649740298     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: 15579263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2010.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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