A sum of its individual parts? Relative contributions of different eggshell regions to intraclutch variation in birds

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 370-373

  Polačiková, Lenka ^a,f   Hauber, Mark E ^b,c   Procházka, Petr ^d   Cassey, Phillip ^e   Honza, Marcel ^d   Grim, Tomáš ^a,f  

^a Dept of Zool and Lab of Ornithol ^*  (Czech Republic)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f Zool Garden of Brno City   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; COGNITION; COLOR; EGG REJECTION; EGGSHELL; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPE; PROBABILITY; SIGNALING;

AVES;

EID: 80053052139     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05202.x     Document Type: Article

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