Early mortality saves energy: Estimating the energetic cost of excess offspring in a seabird

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 284, Issue 1849, 2017, Pages

  Vedder, Oscar ^a,b   Zhang, He ^c   Bouwhuis, Sandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brood reduction; Brood survival; Kin selection; Offspring survival; Parent offspring conflict; Parental neglect

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; BIOENERGETICS; BROOD REARING; FLEDGING; HATCHING; KIN SELECTION; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

STERNA HIRUNDO;

ANIMAL; CALORIC INTAKE; CHARADRIIFORMES; CLUTCH SIZE; METABOLISM; MORTALITY;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; CLUTCH SIZE; ENERGY INTAKE; MORTALITY;

EID: 85012956517     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2724     Document Type: Article

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