Incubation start and egg size in relation to body reserves in the common eider

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 282-288

  Hanssen, Sveinn Are ^a,b   Engebretsen, Halvor ^a,b   Erikstad, Kjell Einar ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Common eider; Egg size; Female body mass; Incubation start; Somateria mollissima

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY CONDITION; EGG SIZE; HATCHING; INCUBATION;

ANAS SP.; AVES; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036765269     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0523-x     Document Type: Article

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