Sex differences in parental investment and chick growth in wandering albatrosses: Fitness consequences

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 309-318

  Weimerskirch, Henri ^a   Barbraud, Christophe ^a   Lys, Patrice ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Breeding effort, effect of age; Diomedea exulans; Fitness; Parental investment; Procellariiformes; Provisioning behavior; Sex differences in chick growth; Survival to adult age, influence of growth

Indexed keywords

AGE; FITNESS; PARENTAL CARE; SEABIRD; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA EXULANS; GALLUS GALLUS; PROCELLARIIFORMES;

EID: 0033923550     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0309:SDIPIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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