Sex and environmental sensitivity in blue tit nestlings

Oecologia

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 496-503

  Råberg, Lars ^a,b   Stjernman, Martin ^a   Nilsson, Jan Åke ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brood size manipulation; Parus caeruleus; Sexual size dimorphism; Sibling competition

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; NESTLING; ONTOGENY; PASSERINE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; ENVIRONMENT; LINEAR MODELS; PASSERIFORMES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PARUS CAERULEUS;

EID: 26044471125     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0133-1     Document Type: Article

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