Egg components vary independently of each other in the facultative siblicidal Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla;Die Zusammensetzung von Eiern variiert unabhängig von einander in der fakultative Geschwister-reduzierenden Dreizehenmöwe Rissa tridactyla

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 513-523

  Vallarino, Adriana ^a,b   Evans, Neil ^c   Daunt, Francis ^d   Wanless, Sarah ^d   Nager, Ruedi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral endocrinology; Ecological evolutionary physiology; Maternal effects; Parental investment theory; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EGG SIZE; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEABIRD; THEORETICAL STUDY;

RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 84860441906     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0772-4     Document Type: Article

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