Interpreting the lists and equations of egg dimensions in Schönwetter's Handbuch Der Oologie

Auk

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 940-947

  Maurer, Golo ^a   Russell, Douglas G D ^b   Cassey, Phillip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84911413106     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2010.09260     Document Type: Note

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