Phenotypic sorting in morphology and reproductive investment among sociable weaver colonies

Oecologia

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 589-600

  Spottiswoode, Claire N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coloniality; Ectoparasitism; Egg size; Life history; Philetairus socius; Predation

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

BODY SIZE; COLONY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ECTOPARASITE; GROUP SIZE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION; SIZE EFFECT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; INFESTATION; METABOLISM; NESTING; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLUTCH SIZE; MITE INFESTATIONS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVUM; PASSERIFORMES; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; PHILETAIRUS SOCIUS; PHILETARIUS SOCIUS;

EID: 36448956808     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0844-6     Document Type: Article

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