The influence of sex and body size on nestling survival and recruitment in the house sparrow

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 680-688

  Cleasby, Ian R ^a   Nakagawa, Shinichi ^a,b   Gillespie, Duncan O S ^a   Burke, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Island population; Juvenile survival; Passer domesticus; Sex ratio; Sibling competition

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BROOD SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; FITNESS; FLEDGING; HATCHING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; ISLAND; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; NESTLING; PASSERINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEX RATIO; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SURVIVAL;

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 77958601227     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01515.x     Document Type: Article

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