Social rank governs the effective environment of siblings

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 346-348

  Forbes, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth rank; Effective and objective environment; Hatching asynchrony; Maternal effect; Shared and non shared environment; Social rank

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROOD REARING; FAMILY STRUCTURE; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MATERNAL EFFECT; NESTLING; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RANKING; SIBLING; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; NEWBORN; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CLUTCH SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; LINEAR MODELS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SONGBIRDS;

AVES;

EID: 80051695701     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.1064     Document Type: Article

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