Morphological plasticity reduces the effect of poor developmental conditions on fledging age in mourning doves

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1688, 2010, Pages 1659-1665

  Miller, D A ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fledging; Flight; Morphology; Phenotypic plasticity; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; BODY SIZE; BROOD SIZE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FLEDGING; FLIGHT; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; NESTLING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

AVES; ZENAIDA MACROURA;

EID: 77953531306     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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