Hatching order and size-dependent mortality in relation to brood sex ratio composition in chinstrap penguins

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 772-778

  Fargallo, Juan A ^a   Polo, Vicente ^a   De Neve, Liesbeth ^a   Martín, José ^a   Dávila, José A ^b   Soler, Manuel ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Egg size; Hatching asynchrony; Hatching period; Nestling survival; Pygoscelis antarctica

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; HATCHING; MORTALITY; NESTLING; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AVES; PYGOSCELIS ANTARCTICUS; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 33747839996     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl007     Document Type: Article

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