Egg size and asymmetric sibling rivalry in red-winged blackbirds

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 361-372

  Forbes, Scott ^a   Wiebe, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymmetric sibling competition; Core offspring; Egg size; Family structure; Marginal offspring

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; FAMILY STRUCTURE; FLEDGING; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARGINALIZATION; MORTALITY; SIBLING; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CYTOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; NESTING; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIBLING; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVUM; SIBLINGS; SONGBIRDS; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 77952299776     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1629-x     Document Type: Article

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