Egg quality and parental ornamentation in the blue tit Parus caeruleus
Egg quality and parental ornamentation in the blue tit Parus caeruleus
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Copenhagen: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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English
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Copenhagen: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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Components of avian egg quality often show remarkable variation between females and yet the causes of variation in this fitness-related trait remain poorly understood. We investigated the egg size and yolk carotenoid investment of blue tit Parus caeruleus females in relation to multiple parental traits. We show that females produce eggs with more c...
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Egg quality and parental ornamentation in the blue tit Parus caeruleus
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_205243072
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_205243072
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0908-8857
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1600-048X
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10.1111/j.2007.0908-8857.03769.x
