Egg size and parental quality in thin-billed prions, Pachyptila belcheri: effects on offspring fitness

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1403-1412

  Silva, Mónica C ^a,b   Boersma, P Dee ^a   Mackay, Stuart ^c   Strange, Ian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c New Island Conservation Trust   (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

Author keywords

chick growth; egg size; hatching success; Pachyptila belcheri; parental quality; survival; thin billed prion

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BODY CONDITION; EGG SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FITNESS; FLEDGING; GROWTH RESPONSE; HATCHING; NESTLING; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTION; SEABIRD; SIZE EFFECT; SURVIVAL;

PACHYPTILA BELCHERI;

EID: 35748977104     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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