Hatching asynchrony and survival of insurance offspring in an obligate brood reducing species, the American white pelican

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 203-209

  Evans, Roger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hatching asynchrony; Insurance offspring; Pelicans

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN; BROOD REDUCTION; HATCHING ASYNCHRONY; SURVIVAL;

PELECANUS ERYTHRORHYNCHOS;

EID: 0029659280     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050282     Document Type: Article

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