Speckles of cryptic black-headed gull eggs show no mechanical or conductance structural function

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 285, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 194-204

  Maurer, G ^a,b   Portugal, S J ^a,d   Miksik I ^c   Cassey, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eggshell maculation; Eggshell thickness; Pigment; Protoporphyrin; Signalling; Structural function hypothesis

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CALCIUM; COLOR; CORRELATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EGG; EGGSHELL; EMBRYO; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GROWTH; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PIGMENT; SEABIRD; SIGNALING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER VAPOR;

AVES; LARUS RIDIBUNDUS;

EID: 80054775540     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00830.x     Document Type: Article

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