Food-supplementation does not override the effect of egg mass on fitness-related traits of nestling house wrens

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 690-702

  Styrsky, John D ^a,b   Dobbs, Robert C ^a   Thompson, Charles F ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg mass; Food availability; Maternal effects; Nestling growth; Troglodytes aedon

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EGG SIZE; FITNESS; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; NESTLING; PASSERINE;

TROGLODYTES AEDON;

EID: 0033876294     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2000.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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