Short- and long-term effects of egg size and feeding frequency on offspring quality in the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis)

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 907-918

  Krist, Miloš ^a,b  

^a Museum of Natural History   (Czech Republic)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Altricial chick; Parental effort; Parental investment; Propagule; Provisioning behaviour

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; FITNESS; FOOD PROVISIONING; GENETIC VARIATION; IMMUNITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; PROPAGULE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; TIME;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVUM; SONGBIRDS; TIME FACTORS;

FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 68149112277     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01536.x     Document Type: Article

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