The price of eggs: Increased investment in egg production reduces the offspring rearing capacity of parents

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 265, Issue 1407, 1998, Pages 1731-1735

  Monaghan, P ^a   Nager, R G ^a   Houston, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Egg production; Gulls; Life history; Reproductive costs; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; EGG PRODUCTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; EGG PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REARING; SPECIES;

EID: 0032558395     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1998.0495     Document Type: Article

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