The individual optimization of fitness: Variation in reproductive output, including clutch size, mean nestling mass and offspring recruitment, in manipulated broods of great tits Parus major

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 62-79

  Pettifor, R A ^a   Perrins, C M ^b   McCleery, R H ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Individual optimization; Manipulation of brood size; Offspring recruitment; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; FITNESS; OPTIMIZATION; PASSERINE; RECRUITMENT;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0035081253     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2001.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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