Hatching asynchrony and sibling size hierarchies in gulls: Effects on parental investment decisions, brood reduction and reproductive success

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 266-272

  Royle, Nick J ^a,b   Hamer, Keits C ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; HATCHING; MORTALITY; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

LARUS FUSCUS;

EID: 0031684153     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677109     Document Type: Article

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