Sex-specific differences in compensation for poor neonatal nutrition in the zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 356-366

  Arnold, Kathryn E ^a   Blount, Jonathan D ^a   Metcalfe, Neil B ^a   Orr, Kate J ^a   Adam, Aileen ^a   Houston, David ^a   Monaghan, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COMPENSATION; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEONATE; NUTRITION; PASSERINE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 34247893794     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2007.03818.x     Document Type: Article

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