Avian Incubation Patterns Reflect Temporal Changes in Developing Clutches

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Cooper, Caren B ^a   Voss, Margaret A ^b  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CIRCULATION; CLUTCH SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; EGG INCUBATION; EGG LAYING; EGG TEMPERATURE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HEAT LOSS; HEAT TOLERANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; NEST SUCCESS; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POECILE ATRICAPILLUS; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOREGULATION; ANIMAL; EMBRYOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AVES; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEMALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84879237648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065521     Document Type: Article

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