Evolution of life-history variation among species of altricial birds

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 365-373

  Charnov, Eric L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Birds; Density dependence; Dimensional analysis; Life history allometry; Population regulation; Production

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001039118     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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