Parental quality and egg size affect chick survival in a precocial bird, the lapwing Vanellus vanellus

Oecologia

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-24

  Blomqvist, Donald ^a   Johansson, Olof C ^a   Götmark, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chick survival; Cross fostering; Egg size; Lapwing; Parental quality

Indexed keywords

CHICK; EGG SIZE; LAPWING; PARENTAL QUALITY; SURVIVAL;

SWEDEN;

VANELLUS VANELLUS;

EID: 0030620361     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050128     Document Type: Article

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