Occurrence of twin embryos in the eastern bluebird

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Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bailey, Robyn L ^a   Clark, Gerald E ^b  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Citizen science; Double yolked egg; Eastern bluebird; Pennsylvania; Sialia sialis; Twinning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRDS BY NESTING BEHAVIOR; EASTERN BLUEBIRD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HATCHING; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 84897936760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.273     Document Type: Article

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