Investigating geographic variation in clutch size using a natural experiment

Functional Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 616-624

  Evans, K L ^a,d   Duncan, R P ^a   Blackburn, T M ^b   Crick, H Q P ^c  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ashmole's hypothesis; Clutch size lay date relationships; Introduced birds; Latitudinal gradients; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PASSERINE; SEASONALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NEW ZEALAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 29244470513     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2005.01016.x     Document Type: Article

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