Hatching asynchrony, brood reduction and other rapidly reproducing hypotheses

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 243-246

  Stenning, Martyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES;

ALTRICIAL BIRD; BROOD REDUCTION; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; HATCHING ASYNCHRONY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

EID: 0029731042     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(96)10030-6     Document Type: Review

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