Imperfectly camouflaged avian eggs: Artefact or adaptation?

Avian Biology Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 196-213

  Stoddard, Mary Caswell ^a   Marshall, Kate L A ^a   Kilner, Rebecca M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian vision; Background matching; Biliverdin; Camouflage; Crypsis; Disruptive colouration; Predator; Protoporphyrin

Indexed keywords

BILIVERDIN; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ARTIFACT; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIRD; CHARADRIUS DUBIUS; CHICKEN; CHROICOCEPHALUS RIDIBUNDUS; COLOR VISION; EGG SHELL; EGG SIZE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NEST PREDATION; NESTING; NONHUMAN; NUMENIUS ARQUATA; OSTRICH; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; PREDATOR; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 84855554209     PISSN: 17581559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3184/175815511X13207484398647     Document Type: Review

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