The Ecology of Avian Incubation
- 1 December 1980
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in BioScience
- Vol. 30 (12) , 819-824
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1308374
Abstract
Although avian eggs are laid in a wide variety of habitats, the embryos apparently require regulation of incubation temperatures and gaseous exchange within fairly narrow limits. Incubation temperatures are maintained by variation in adult behavior and thermoregulatory mechanisms, whereas gas exchange is presumably regulated by adjustment in the eggshell resistance to gaseous diffusion.Keywords
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