Incubation conditions are more important in determining early thermoregulatory ability than posthatch resource conditions in a precocial bird

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 410-420

  Durant, S E ^a,b   Hopkins, W A ^a   Carter, A W ^a   Stachowiak, C M ^a   Hepp, G R ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HATCHING; INCUBATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DUCK; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NESTING; OOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DUCKS; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVUM; PHENOTYPE; SOUTH CAROLINA; TEMPERATURE;

AIX; AIX SPONSA; AVES;

EID: 84879480449     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/671128     Document Type: Article

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