Egg size and offspring quality: A meta-analysis in birds

Biological Reviews

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 692-716

  Krist, Miloš ^a,b  

^a Museum of Natural History   (Czech Republic)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Altricial; Birth mass; Egg size; Environmental quality; Feeding frequency; Intraclutch; Juvenile survival; Maternal effect; Offspring fitness; Yolk steroids

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CYTOLOGY; LONGEVITY; META ANALYSIS; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; GENETIC FITNESS; LONGEVITY; OVUM;

AVES;

EID: 79960419837     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00166.x     Document Type: Article

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