Egg size and offspring quality: a meta-analysis in birds

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00166.x" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00166.x</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00166.x" target="_blank" >10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00166.x</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Egg size and offspring quality: a meta-analysis in birds
Original language description
Parents affect offspring fitness by propagule size and quality, selection of oviposition site, quality of incubation, feeding of dependent young, and their defence against predators and parasites. Despite many case studies on each of these topics, this knowledge has not been rigorously integrated into individual parental care traits for any taxon. Consequently, we lack a comprehensive, quantitative assessment of how parental care modifies offspring phenotypes. This meta-analysis of 283 studies with 1805correlations between egg size and offspring quality in birds is intended to fill this gap. The large sample size enabled testing of how the magnitude of the relationship between egg size and offspring quality depends on a number of variables. Egg size was positively related to nearly all studied offspring traits across all stages of the offspring life cycle. Not surprisingly, the relationship was strongest at hatching but persisted until the post-fledging stage. Morphological traits wer
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EG - Zoology
OECD FORD branch
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Publication year
2011
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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