Complex interactions among temporal variables affect the plasticity of clutch size in a multi-brooded bird

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1162-1174

  Westneat, David F ^a   Stewart, Ian R K ^a   Hatch, Margret I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental flexibility; Gene 3 environment interaction; House sparrow; Life history; Passer domesticus; Reaction norm; Senescence

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HETEROGENEITY; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REACTION NORM; SENESCENCE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPARROW; TIME;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; SEASONS; SPARROWS; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 66149154291     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0698.1     Document Type: Article

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