Environmental sensitivity in relation to size and sex in birds: Meta-regression analysis

American Naturalist

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 122-133

  Jones, Kristopher S ^a,b,c   Nakagawa, Shinichi ^a,b,c   Sheldon, Ben C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Cramer Fish Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Gender x environment interactions; Meta regression; Sex dependent vulnerability; Sexual size dimorphism; Size dependent vulnerability

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLUTCH SIZE; FITNESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; META-ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; VULNERABILITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 66849135396     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/599299     Document Type: Article

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