Environmental and not maternal effects determine variation in offspring phenotypes in a passerine bird

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1302-1311

  Mainwaring, M C ^a   Dickens, M ^b   Hartley, I R ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cyanistes caeruleus; Developmental plasticity; Environmental effects; Growth trade offs; Maternal effects; Phenotypic variation

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; BROOD SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FITNESS; HATCHING; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL EFFECT; NESTLING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SONGBIRD; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; GENETIC VARIATION; PASSERIFORMES; PHENOTYPE;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 77954043226     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.01997.x     Document Type: Article

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