Within-clutch trade-offs between the number and quality of eggs: Experimental manipulations in gulls

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1339-1350

  Nager, Ruedi G ^a   Monaghan, Pat ^a   Houston, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chick survival; Clutch size; Egg composition; Egg number; Egg quality; Egg size; Larus fuscus; Lesser Black backed Gull; Life history theory; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG; FLEDGING; SEABIRD;

EID: 0033949171     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[1339:WCTOBT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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