Caricamento...
Limited male incubation ability and the evolution of egg size in shorebirds
In bird species where males incubate but are smaller than females, egg size may be constrained by male body size, and hence ability to incubate the eggs. Using data from 71 such shorebird species, we show that egg size decreases as the degree of female-biased sexual size dimorphism increases, after...
Salvato in:
| Autori principali: | , |
|---|---|
| Natura: | Artigo |
| Lingua: | Inglês |
| Pubblicazione: |
The Royal Society
2006
|
| Soggetti: | |
| Accesso online: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1618901/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17148363 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2005.0428 |
| Tags: |
Aggiungi Tag
Nessun Tag, puoi essere il primo ad aggiungerne! !
|