Postnatal growth rates covary weakly with embryonic development rates and do not explain adult mortality probability among songbirds on four continents

American Naturalist

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 380-389

  Martin, Thomas E ^a   Oteyza, Juan C ^a   Mitchell, Adam E ^a   Potticary, Ahva L ^a   Lloyd, Penn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adult mortality; Incubation periods; Life history; Nest predation; Nestling growth rates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH RATE; INCUBATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; NEST PREDATION; NESTLING; PROBABILITY; SONGBIRD;

PASSERI;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALAYSIA; MORTALITY; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SONGBIRD; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; ARIZONA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; MALAYSIA; MORTALITY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SONGBIRDS; SOUTH AFRICA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84922722582     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/679612     Document Type: Article

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