Shell thickness and pore density in relation to shell colouration, female characteristics, and environmental factors in the Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 579-588

  Hargitai, Rita ^a,b   Mateo, Rafael ^c   Török, János ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Department of Agricultural Sciences and Environmental Management   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biliverdin; Eggshell pigmentation; Eggshell porosity; Eggshell structure; Eggshell thickness; Ficedula albicollis

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG DEVELOPMENT; EGGSHELL; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; PASSERINE; PIGMENT; POROSITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AVES; FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 79958771438     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-010-0627-4     Document Type: Article

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