Changes in egg size of exotic passerines introduced to New Zealand

Notornis

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 243-246

  Cassey, Phillip ^a,b   Blackburn, Tim M ^a   Evans, Karl L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Sheffield ^*  (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ashmole's hypothesis; Clutch volume; Egg size; Introduced birds; Reproductive effort

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MATING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; TRADE-OFF;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 31744443449     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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