A carryover effect of migration underlies individual variation in reproductive readiness and extreme egg size dimorphism in macaroni penguins

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 357-366

  Crossin, Glenn T ^a,b   Trathan, Phil N ^c   Phillips, Richard A ^c   Dawson, Alistair ^a   Le Bouard, Fabrice ^c   Williams, Tony D ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carryover effect; Egg development; Eudyptes; Physiological conflict; Reproductive trade off; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

VITELLOGENIN;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; DIMORPHISM; EGG DEVELOPMENT; EGG SIZE; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RETURN MIGRATION; SEABIRD; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; MALE; PENGUIN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; TIME; ZYGOTE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SPHENISCIDAE; TIME FACTORS; VITELLOGENINS; ZYGOTE;

EUDYPTES; EUDYPTES CHRYSOLOPHUS; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 77955590176     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/655223     Document Type: Article

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