Why are incubation periods longer in the tropics? A common-garden experiment with house wrens reveals it is all in the egg

American Naturalist

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 532-535

  Robinson, W Douglas ^a   Styrsky, John D ^b,e   Payne, Brian J ^c,f   Harper, R Given ^c   Thompson, Charles F ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LYNCHBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^f CARTHAGE VETERINARY SERVICE LTD   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian incubation period; House wren; Life history evolution; Maternal effects; Panama; Troglodytes aedon

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INCUBATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PASSERINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; OVUM; SONGBIRDS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

AVES; TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES AEDON;

EID: 40949146646     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/528964     Document Type: Article

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