Hatching asynchrony is constrained by parental nest attendance during laying

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1087-1097

  Kim, Miran ^a,b   Furness, Robert W ^a   Nager, Ruedi G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Mathematical Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breeding strategy; Egg viability; Hatching asynchrony; Herring gull; Incubation; Life history

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; FITNESS; HATCHING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NESTEDNESS; SEABIRD; SIBLING; SURVIVAL; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CLUPEIDAE; LARUS ARGENTATUS;

EID: 77953719068     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0923-2     Document Type: Article

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