Individual birds advance offspring hatching in response to increased temperature after the start of laying

Oecologia

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 619-628

  Vedder, Oscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hurry up hypothesis; Phenology; Timing of reproduction; Trophic mismatch

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; CLUTCH SIZE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HATCHING; HEATING; INCUBATION; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 84867504635     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2335-7     Document Type: Article

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