Effects of Egg Size and Parental Quality on Early Nestling Growth: An Experiment with the Antarctic Petrel

10.2307/5735 ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trond Amundsen ◽  
Svein-Hakon Lorentsen ◽  
Torkild Tveraa
Keyword(s):  
Egg Size ◽  
Nestling Growth ◽  
Parental Quality ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
Antarctic Petrel

Egg Size and Parental Quality Influence Nestling Growth in the Shag

The Auk ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 107 (2) ◽  
pp. 410-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trond Amundsen ◽  
Jogeir N. Stokland
Keyword(s):  
Egg Size ◽  
Nestling Growth ◽  
Parental Quality

Regulation of parental investment in the Antarctic petrel Thalassoica antarctica: an exchange experiment

Polar Biology ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Reidar Andersen ◽  
Bernt-Erik S�ther ◽  
HansChr. Pedersen
Keyword(s):  
Parental Investment ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
Antarctic Petrel

Relative Effects of Hatching Order, Egg-Size Variation, and Parental Quality on Chick Survival in Common Terns

The Auk ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 111 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Blair Bollinger
Keyword(s):  
Egg Size ◽  
Size Variation ◽  
Chick Survival ◽  
Hatching Order ◽  
Parental Quality ◽  
Common Terns

The effect of egg size and habitat on starling nestling growth and survival

Oecologia ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 115 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 59-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henrik G. Smith ◽  
M�ns Bruun
Keyword(s):  
Egg Size ◽  
Growth And Survival ◽  
Nestling Growth

Effects of parental quality and egg size on growth and survival of herring gull chicks

2000 ◽  
Vol 78 (6) ◽  
pp. 967-973 ◽  
Author(s):  
T S Risch ◽  
F C Rohwer
Keyword(s):  
Egg Size ◽  
Character Displacement ◽  
Egg Mass ◽  
Chick Survival ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Growth And Survival ◽  
Parental Quality ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Structural Growth ◽  
Experimental Treatments

We performed a clutch-transfer experiment with herring gulls (Larus argentatus) to quantify how parental attributes and egg size affect chick growth and survival. The quality of parents was assessed by their average egg mass. There was no association between hatching success and egg mass in either unmanipulated or experimental nests. Among experimental treatments, the high-quality parents had a significantly higher chick survival rate than low-quality parents in 1991 and when data from 1990 and 1991 were pooled. A positive effect of egg size on chick survival was apparent only when data from both years were pooled. Chicks raised by high-quality parents had higher structural growth rates (tarsus) than chicks raised by low-quality parents. We discount the likelihood for selection of larger eggs because egg size has trade-offs with other life-history traits that have a strong influence on fitness. Despite the correlation between parental quality and chick survival, we doubt that there is character displacement for greater parental quality. Parental quality is probably affected by nutrition and is expected to have low heritability.

scholarly journals Variation in egg size and nestling growth rate in relation to clutch size and laying sequence in great tits Parus major

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 427-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuyan You ◽  
Jiang Feng ◽  
Haitao Wang ◽  
Jilong Wang ◽  
Chao Dong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Clutch Size ◽  
Egg Size ◽  
Parus Major ◽  
Nestling Growth ◽  
Laying Sequence

scholarly journals Seasonal Decline in Nestling Growth: Support for the Parental-Quality Hypothesis in Cassin's Auklets

The Auk ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 117 (4) ◽  
pp. 1065-1068 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yolanda E. Morbey ◽  
Ronald C. Ydenberg
Keyword(s):  
Nestling Growth ◽  
Parental Quality ◽  
Seasonal Decline

scholarly journals State-dependent parental care in the Antarctic petrel: responses to manipulated chick age during early chick rearing

Oikos ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. 479-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Øystein Varpe ◽  
Torkild Tveraa ◽  
Ivar Folstad
Keyword(s):  
Parental Care ◽  
State Dependent ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
Antarctic Petrel
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