Effects of egg size and parental quality on early nestling growth: An experiment with the Antarctic petrel

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 545-555

  Amundsen, Trond ^a   Lorentsen, Svein Håkon ^b   Tveraa, Torkild ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antarctica; hatching success; nestling survival; Procellariiformes; Thalassoica antarctica

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; HATCHING SUCCESS;

ANTARCTICA;

THALASSOICA ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0030304589     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5735     Document Type: Article

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