Vitamin E deficiency in last-laid eggs limits growth of yellow-legged gull chicks

Functional Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1070-1077

  Parolini, Marco ^a   Romano, Maria ^a   Caprioli, Manuela ^a   Rubolini, Diego ^a   Saino, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Larus michahellis; Brood reduction; Laying order; Maternal effects; Sex; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BROOD REARING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EGG PRODUCTION; FITNESS; GROWTH RESPONSE; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SEABIRD; VITAMIN;

AVES; LARUS MICHAHELLIS;

EID: 84938383899     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12412     Document Type: Article

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