The influence of body size, breeding experience and environmental variability on egg size in the northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 261, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 427-432

  Michel, Pascale ^a   Ollason, Janet C ^a   Grosbois, Vladimir ^a   Thompson, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Egg volume; Fulmarus glacialis; Reproductive success; Seabirds; Senescence

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BODY SIZE; EGG SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SENESCENCE;

AVES; FULMARUS; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; GALLIFORMES; PROCELLARIIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347062281     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836903004291     Document Type: Article

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