Early life disadvantage strengthens flight performance trade-offs in European starlings, Sturnus vulgaris

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 102, Issue , 2015, Pages 141-148

  O'Hagan, Daniel ^a   Andrews, Clare P ^a   Bedford, Thomas ^a   Bateson, Melissa ^a   Nettle, Daniel ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental stress; Early life adversity; Flight performance; Locomotor performance; Starlings

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 84922744079     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.01.016     Document Type: Article

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