Within-year differences in reproductive investment in laboratory zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata), an opportunistically breeding bird

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1143-1148

  Williamson, Kathryn ^a   Gilbert, Lucy ^b   Rutstein, Alison N ^c   Pariser, Emma C ^a   Graves, Jeff A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Reproductive investment; Within year differences; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CLUTCH SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; PASSERINE; PHOTOPERIOD; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RENTAL SECTOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BIRD; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ANIMALS, WILD; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; FINCHES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMIDITY; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 54349098681     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0436-2     Document Type: Article

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