Seasonal and latitudinal trends in clutch size: Thermal constraints during laying and incubation

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2018-2031

  Cooper, Caren B ^a   Hochachka, Wesley M ^a   Butcher, Greg ^b   Dhondt, André A ^a  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b Audubon Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Clutch size variation; Cornell Nest Record Program; Critical temperatures; Egg viability; Hatching failure; Incubation period; Latitude gradients; Onset of incubation; Seasonal constraints

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; LATITUDE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AGELAIUS; AVES; SIALIA SIALIS;

EID: 23644450619     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-8028     Document Type: Review

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