Correlates of egg size variation in a population of house sparrow Passer domesticus

Oecologia

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 391-402

  Kvalnes, Thomas ^a   Ringsby, Thor Harald ^a   Jensen, Henrik ^a   Sæther, Bernt Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Additive genetic variance; Animal model; Energetic constraint; Multi brooded; Trade off

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; CORRELATION; EGG SIZE; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PASSERINE; PROPAGULE; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 84872617286     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2437-2     Document Type: Article

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