Avian egg collections: museum collection bias driven by shape and size

• Published in: Journal of Avian Biology
• Main Authors: Thompson, Jamie E., Birkhead, Tim R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2020
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Fulmar; Alca torda; common guillemot; Fulmarus glacialis; Northern Fulmar; Razorbill; Uria aalge; uria
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jav.02507; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fjav.02507; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jav.02507; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/jav.02507

Avian eggs exhibit substantial intra‐ and interspecific variation in shape, size and colour. Considerable efforts have been made to better understand the evolutionary drivers behind such variation, often using museum egg collections. Usually it is assumed that museum collections accurately represent...