Geographical variation in egg mass and egg content in a passerine bird

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Ruuskanen, Suvi ^a   Siitari, Heli ^b   Eeva, Tapio ^a   Belskii, Eugen ^c   Järvinen, Antero ^d   Kerimov, Anvar ^e   Krams, Indrikis ^f   Moreno, Juan ^g   Morosinotto, Chiara ^a   Mänd, Raivo ^h   Möstl, Erich ⁱ   Orell, Markku ^j   Qvarnström, Anna ^k   Salminen, Juha Pekka ^a   Slater, Fred ^l   Tilgar, Vallo ^h   Visser, Marcel E ^m   Winkel, Wolfgang ⁿ   Zang, Herwig ^o   Laaksonen, Toni ^a,p  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ANIMAL ECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^f DAUGAVPILS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^g MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^k UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^l CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^m NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

ⁿ INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^o NONE

^p UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CAROTENOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN Y; LYSOZYME; OVALBUMIN;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG CONTENT; EGG SIZE; EGG YOLK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HABITAT SELECTION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; PASSERINE BIRD; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROGENY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; OOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; PASSERIFORMES;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC FITNESS; GEOGRAPHY; OVUM; PASSERIFORMES; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 81055125962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025360     Document Type: Article

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