Age of the incubating parents affects nestling survival: An experimental study of the herring gull Larus argentatus

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-93

  Bogdanova, Maria I ^a   Nager, Ruedi G ^a   Monaghan, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INCUBATION; LAYING DATE; NESTLING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; SEABIRD; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

AVES; CLUPEIDAE; LARUS ARGENTATUS;

EID: 33846161282     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0908-8857.03701.x     Document Type: Article

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