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First light for avian embryos: eggshell thickness and pigmentation mediate variation in development and UV exposure in wild bird eggs
- 1.0447777 - FGÚ 2016 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Maurer, G. - Portugal, S. J. - Hauber, M. E. - Mikšík, Ivan - Russell, D. G. D. - Cassey, P.
First light for avian embryos: eggshell thickness and pigmentation mediate variation in development and UV exposure in wild bird eggs.
Functional Ecology. Roč. 29, č. 2 (2015), s. 209-218. ISSN 0269-8463. E-ISSN 1365-2435
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA15-01948S
Institutional support: RVO:67985823
Keywords : breeding birds * eggshell colour * light transmission * nesting behaviour * pigments * ultraviolet light
Subject RIV: ED - Physiology
Impact factor: 5.210, year: 2015
It was described that variation in the embryonic light environment is predictable from the externally and easily obtained measures of eggshell size and pigmentation. It can be propose that these findings will provide a key comparison towards investigating, and answering, one of the most perplexing questions in the evolution of avian eggshell pigmentation; the prevalence of conspicuous blue eggs in small passerines
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0249524
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