Temperature and life history: Experimental heating leads female tree swallows to modulate egg temperature and incubation behaviour

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-13

  Ardia, Daniel R ^a,d   Pérez, Jonathan H ^b   Chad, Elise K ^b   Voss, Margaret A ^c   Clotfelter, Ethan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

^d FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryonic development; Environmental variation; Life history tradeoffs

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HEATING; INCUBATION; LIFE HISTORY; PASSERINE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWALLOW (BIRD); TIME; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; LINEAR MODELS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SWALLOWS; TIME FACTORS; ZYGOTE;

AVES; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 57549089867     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01453.x     Document Type: Article

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