The relationship between egg size and posthatching development in the Thick-billed Murre

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1289-1297

  Hipfner, J Mark ^a,c   Gaston, Anthony J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcidae; Chick development; Chick growth; Egg size; Feather growth; Nest departure; Thick billed Murre; Uria lomvia; Wing length

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EGG SIZE; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

CANADA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

ALCIDAE; AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; LARIDAE; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 0033040603     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1289:TRBESA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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