Limited male incubation ability and the evolution of egg size in shorebirds

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 206-208

  Lislevand, Terje ^a   Thomas, Gavin H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brood patch; Egg size; Incubation; Shorebirds; Waders

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; DIMORPHISM; EGG SIZE; INCUBATION; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; WADER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; EGG SIZE; EVOLUTION; INCUBATION TIME; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOREBIRD;

AVES;

EID: 33745326348     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0428     Document Type: Article

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