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Nestling growth rates in relation to food abundance and weather in the Arctic

Nestling growth rates in relation to food abundance and weather in the Arctic

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Nestling growth rates in relation to food abundance and weather in the Arctic

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Full title

Nestling growth rates in relation to food abundance and weather in the Arctic

Publisher

Waco: The American Ornithologists' Union

Journal title

The Auk, 2016-04, Vol.133 (2), p.261-272

Language

English

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Publisher

Waco: The American Ornithologists' Union

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Raising nestlings to fledging is energetically demanding for songbirds, requiring parents to balance several major tradeoffs. Nestling growth rates are highly susceptible to variation in environmental conditions and parental investment, and highly variable environments with short breeding seasons such as the Arctic magnify these tradeoffs. Arctic-n...

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Full title

Nestling growth rates in relation to food abundance and weather in the Arctic

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1785294999

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1785294999

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ISSN

0004-8038,1938-4254

E-ISSN

1938-4254,2732-4613

DOI

10.1642/auk-15-111.1

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