Covariation between egg size and rearing condition determines offspring quality: An experiment with the alpine swift

Oecologia

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 231-234

  Bize, Pierre ^a   Roulin, Alexandre ^b   Richner, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apus melba; Coloniality; Cross fostering experiment; Egg volume; Parental quality

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; NESTLING; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; REARING; SURVIVAL;

APUS APUS; APUS MELBA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0036934206     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0980-y     Document Type: Article

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