Brood reduction and the insurance-egg hypothesis in Double-crested Cormorants

Waterbirds

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 485-491

  Hunt, J David ^a   Evans, Roger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brood reduction; Double crested Cormorants; Insurance egg; Sibling competition

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS; SAMBUCUS NIGRA CANADENSIS;

BROOD REDUCTION; DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT; INSURANCE EGG HYPOTHESIS; SIBLING COMPETITION;

CANADA, MANITOBA;

EID: 0031392648     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521599     Document Type: Article

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