Nest-site safety predicts the relative investment made in first and replacement eggs by two long-lived seabirds

Oecologia

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 234-242

  Hipfner, Mark J ^a,b   Gaston, Anthony J ^b   Storey, Anne E ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Egg size; Hatching success; Nest site characteristics; Renesting; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; NEST SITE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 0034782079     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100731     Document Type: Article

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