Fitness-related consequences of egg mass in nestling house wrens

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1425, 1999, Pages 1253-1258

  Styrsky, John D ^a   Eckerle, Kevin P ^a   Thompson, Charles F ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross fostering; Egg mass; Maternal effects; Nestling growth; Nestling survival; Troglodytes aedon

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; NESTLING; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; FITNESS; FOOD; GROWTH; HATCHING; MASS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SURVIVAL;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; PASSERIFORMES; TROGLODYTES AEDON; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 0033594872     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0771     Document Type: Article

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