Ovulation order mediates a trade-off between pre-hatching and post-hatching viability in an altricial bird

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Sockman, Keith W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; EGG SIZE; FEMALE; FLEDGLING; HATCHING; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PROBABILITY; PROGENY; SPARROW; SURVIVAL RATE; ANIMAL; EGG; PHYSIOLOGY;

AVES; MELOSPIZA LINCOLNII; PASSERIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EGGS; FEMALE; OVULATION;

EID: 46349110309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001785     Document Type: Article

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