Egg Size of Murrelets
- 1 January 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Ornithological Applications
- Vol. 77 (4) , 500-501
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1366104
Abstract
The egg size of Ancient murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus) and Xanthus'' murrelet (Endomychura hypoleuca) are the heaviest in proportion to adult weight in the family Alcidae. The ecological and physiological significance of this finding is discussed.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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