Partial incubation and its function in great tits (Parus major)-an experimental test

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 643-649

  Podlas, Katarzyna ^a   Richner, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

egg temperatures; hatching asynchrony; maternal effects; nestling morphology; Parus major; phenotypic variation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BROOD PARASITISM; CLUTCH SIZE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; INCUBATION; MATERNAL EFFECT; MORPHOLOGY; NESTLING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 84876000363     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars224     Document Type: Article

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