Sex-specific costs of hatching last: An experimental study on herring gulls (Larus argentatus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1533-1541

  Bogdanova, Maria I ^a   Nager, Ruedi G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryo development; Hatching asynchrony; Sex effects; Sibling competition

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; FLEDGING; HATCHING; SEABIRD; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AVES; CLUPEIDAE; LARUS ARGENTATUS;

EID: 48349084697     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0582-8     Document Type: Article

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