Does parental age affect offspring performance through differences in egg quality?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 132-141

  Bogdanova, M I ^a   Nager, R G ^a   Monaghan, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg composition; Growth; Larus argentatus; Resource allocation; Sex effects

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BODY MASS; GROWTH; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; SEABIRD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CLUPEA HARENGUS; LARUS ARGENTATUS;

EID: 33645241868     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01088.x     Document Type: Article

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