Egg mass influences nestling quality in tree swallows, but there is no differential allocation in relation to laying order or sex

Condor

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 585-594

  Whittingham, Linda A ^a   Dunn, Peter O ^a   Lifjeld, Jan T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Egg mass; Immune function; Maternal effects; Nestling growth; Offspring sex; Tachycineta bicolor

Indexed keywords

AVES; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 34548386075     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/8247.1     Document Type: Article

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