Incubation capacity and clutch size determination in two calidrine sandpipers: A test of the four-egg threshold

Oecologia

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 50-59

  Sandercock, Brett K ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calidris sandpipers; Clutch size; Incubation capacity; Invariant offspring number

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; INCUBATION CAPACITY; SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER; WESTERN SANDPIPER;

CALIDRIS MAURI; CALIDRIS PUSILLA;

EID: 0030619641     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050132     Document Type: Article

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