Is natural hatching asynchrony optimal? An experimental investigation of sibling competition patterns in a facultatively siblicidal seabird

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 309-319

  Merkling, Thomas ^a   Agdere, Lena ^a   Albert, Elise ^a   Durieux, Romain ^a   Hatch, Scott A ^b,c   Danchin, Etienne ^a   Blanchard, Pierrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Institute for Seabird Research and Conservation   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Asynchrony; Begging; Competition; Hatching; Hypothesis; Kittiwake; Rivalry; Sibling

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AVIFAUNA; BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; INCUBATION; MORTALITY; SEABIRD; SIBLING;

AVES; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 85028152912     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1646-y     Document Type: Article

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