Sibling competition and the evolution of prenatal development rates

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1516, 2003, Pages 735-740

  Lloyd, John D ^a   Martin, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental rate; Extra pair paternity; Incubation period; Life history evolution; Sibling competition

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; SIBLING;

ARTICLE; BROOD PARASITISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; EXTRA PAIR PATERNITY; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; INCUBATION TIME; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AVES;

EID: 0037425022     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2289     Document Type: Article

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