Hatching asynchrony can have long-term consequences for offspring fitness in zebra finches under captive conditions

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 430-438

  Mainwaring, Mark C ^a   Blount, Jonathan D ^b   Hartley, Ian R ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Female offspring fecundity; Male offspring attractiveness; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CAROTENOID; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; HATCHING; MATE CHOICE; NESTLING; SIBLING; SONGBIRD; SYNCHRONY;

AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 84859894390     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01868.x     Document Type: Article

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