Is clutch size individually optimized?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 504-509

  Tinbergen, Joost M ^a,b   Both, Christiaan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brood size manipulation; Clutch size; Fitness; Great tits; Individual optimization; Parus major; Phenotypic quality

Indexed keywords

BIOMANIPULATION; BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; FITNESS; OPTIMIZATION; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0032720898     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.5.504     Document Type: Article

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