Life-history and ecological correlates of geographic variation in egg and clutch mass among passerine species

Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 390-398

  Martin, Thomas E ^a   Bassar, R D ^a,c   Bassar, S K ^a,c   Fontaine, J J ^a   Lloyd, P ^a,b   Mathewson, H A ^a,d   Niklison, A M ^a   Chalfoun, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Birds; Clutch size; Egg mass; Nest predation; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG SIZE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INCUBATION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; NEST PREDATION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE;

AFRICA; ARGENTINA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED STATES; VENEZUELA;

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUTCH SIZE; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OOCYTE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; ORGAN SIZE; OVUM; PASSERIFORMES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646852408     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1554/05-429.1     Document Type: Article

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