Sons and daughters: Age-specific differences in parental rearing capacities

Functional Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 211-216

  Daunt, F ^a,b   Monaghan, P ^a   Wanless, S ^b   Harris, M P ^b   Griffiths, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Offspring growth; Parental age; Phalacrocorax aristotelis; Sexual dimorphism; Shag

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; OFFSPRING PRODUCTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SEABIRD; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0035049726     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2001.00515.x     Document Type: Article

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