Intra-specific interactions influence egg composition in the lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 357-365

  Verboven, Nanette ^a   Evans, Neil P ^b   D'Alba, Liliana ^a   Nager, Ruedi G ^a   Blount, Jonathan D ^a   Surai, Peter F ^c   Monaghan, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg composition; Embryo sex; Intra specific interactions; Yolk carotenoids; Yolk testosterone

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FITNESS; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; SEABIRD;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; LARUS FUSCUS;

EID: 17644395347     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0862-x     Document Type: Article

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