Rearing conditions determine offspring survival independent of egg quality: A cross-foster experiment with Oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus

Ibis

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-210

  Van De Pol, Martijn ^a   Bakker, Trineke ^a   Saaltink, Dirk Jan ^a   Verhulst, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; EGG PRODUCTION; GENETIC VARIATION; ONTOGENY; REARING; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE DISORDER;

HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS;

EID: 33645399550     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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