The relationship between eggshell porosity and oxygen consumption of the embryo in the domestic fowl

The Avian Egg: Water Vapor Conductance, Shell Thickness, and Functional Pore Area

Amos Ar, C. V. Paganelli, Robert B. Reeves et al. · Ornithological Applications · 1974 · 499 citations

Biology, Animal Physiology, Physiological Research +14

The Avian Egg: Incubation Time and Water Loss

Hermann Rahn, Amos Ar · Ornithological Applications · 1974 · 490 citations

Biology, Embryology, Fertility +10

Respiratory gas exchange by the avian embryo

O. Douglas Wangensteen, Hermann Rahn · Respiration Physiology · 1970 · 228 citations

Animal Physiology, Respiratory Gas Exchange, Developmental Biology +9

Metabolism of Avian Embryos: Patterns in Altricial and Precocial Birds

Carol M. Vleck, Donald F. Hoyt, David Vleck · Physiological Zoology · 1979 · 148 citations

Breeding Behavior, Reproductive Biology, Embryology +18

Factors affecting the weight and water status of the chick at hatch

S. G. Tullett, Fiona G Burton · British Poultry Science · 1982 · 130 citations

Breeding Behavior, Fertility, Fitness +18