Adaptive developmental plasticity in growing nestlings: Sibling competition induces differential gape growth

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1634, 2008, Pages 549-554

  Gil, Diego ^a   Bulmer, Elena ^a   Celis, Patricia ^b   López Rull, Isabel ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental plasticity; Differential growth; Gape width; Nutritional stress; Sibling competition; Spotless starling

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; GAPE LIMITATION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NESTLING; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SIBLING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEEDING; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; ORGAN GROWTH; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING;

AVES; STURNUS UNICOLOR;

EID: 38749087239     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1360     Document Type: Article

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