Why are birds' eggs speckled?

By A. Gosler, J. Higham, S. James Reynolds. 2005

232 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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In Ecology

1. E. Røskaft
2. P. Cassey
3. A. Møller
4. S. Portugal
5. A. Moksnes
6. B. Stokke
7. G. Maurer
8. Jonathan M. Jeschke

In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. E. Røskaft
2. A. Moksnes
3. J. Avilés
4. P. Cassey
5. A. Møller
6. S. Portugal
7. Francisco Pulido
8. Jonathan M. Jeschke

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. E. Røskaft
2. P. Cassey
3. A. Møller
4. A. Moksnes
5. B. Stokke
6. Jonathan M. Jeschke
7. Shinichi Nakagawa

Citations in the corpus

• Environmental conditions influence egg color of reed warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus and their parasite, the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus (2006, background): “Finally, Gosler et al. (2005) have proposed that egg speckling caused by protoporphyrin pigments might compensate for reduced eggshell thickness due to calcium deficiency.”
• Review: an embryo's eye view of avian eggshell pigmentation (2011, background): “In addition to the spectral qualities of the pigments, recently, attention has been drawn to a potential antimicrobial (Bulmer et al. 2008, Ishikawa et al. 2010) or structural function (Solomon 1991, Gosler et al. 2005).”