Avian embryonic development does not change the stable isotope composition of the calcite eggshell

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 339-345

  Maurer, G ^a   Portugal, S J ^a   Boomer, I ^a   Cassey, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

black headed gull; calcium resorption; carbon isotopes; maculation; oxygen isotopes; shell thickness

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON; ISOTOPE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; EGG SHELL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOWL; LARUS RIDIBUNDUS; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHARADRIIFORMES; EGG SHELL; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; LARUS RIDIBUNDUS;

EID: 78751519957     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD10138     Document Type: Article

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