Egg-size variation and reproductive success in the Herring Gull Larus argentatus: Adaptive or constrained size of the last egg?

Ibis

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 212-217

  Kilpi, Mikael ^a   Hillström, Lars ^b   Lindström, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Department of Zoology ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; HERRING GULL;

LARIDAE; LARUS ARGENTATUS;

EID: 0029777024     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1996.tb04330.x     Document Type: Article

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