The evolution of fledging age in songbirds

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1425-1433

  Roff, D A ^a   Remes V ^b   Martin, T E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at maturity; Evolution; Fledging age; Logistic growth; Nest mortality; Optimality; Passerines

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; FLEDGING; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; SONGBIRD;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SONGBIRD;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; PASSERI; REPTILIA;

EID: 28444485967     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.00958.x     Document Type: Article

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