Adaptive and non-adaptive explanations for hatching failure in eggs of the Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa

Ardea

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-63

  Cabezas Díaz, Sara ^a   Virgós, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body condition; Egg size; Embryo mortality; Infertility; Laying sequence; Physiological constraints; Precocial bird

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG SIZE; EMBRYO; FITNESS; GAMEBIRD; HATCHING; INFERTILITY; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ALECTORIS RUFA; AVES;

EID: 34347325988     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5253/078.095.0106     Document Type: Article

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