Differential investment and costs during avian incubation determined by individual quality: An experimental study of the common eider (Somateria mollissima)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1514, 2003, Pages 531-537

  Hanssen, Sveinn Are ^a,b   Erikstad, Kjell Einar ^a,b   Johnsen, Vigdis ^a,b   Bustnes, Jan Ove ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brood abandonment; Clutch size manipulation; Cost of incubation; Life history; Parental investment; Quality

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CLUTCH SIZE; INCUBATION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CLUTCH SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF REPRODUCTION; EGG; EIDER; FITNESS; FOWL; GENDER; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

ANAS SP.; ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; SOMATERIA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 0037423901     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2262     Document Type: Conference Paper

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