Experimental heating reveals nest temperature affects nestling condition in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor)

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 468-471

  Pérez, Jonathan H ^a   Ardia, Daniel R ^b   Chad, Elise K ^a   Clotfelter, Ethan D ^a  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carry over effects; Environmental variation; Life history trade offs

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INCUBATION; LIFE HISTORY; NEST BOX; NESTLING; PASSERINE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; YOUNG POPULATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEATING; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NEST TEMPERATURE; NESTING; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; SWALLOW (BIRD); TEMPERATURE;

TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 51549085299     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0266     Document Type: Article

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