Egg size, offspring sex and hatching asynchrony in zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-17

  Rutkowska, Joanna ^a   Cichoń, Mariusz ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING DATE; LAYING DATE; NESTING SUCCESS; PASSERINE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

FRINGILLIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; TAENIOPYGIA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 13444302964     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2005.03469.x     Document Type: Article

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