Sibling Competition and the Evolution of Brood Size and Development Rate in Birds

Robert E. Ricklefs

doi:10.1007/0-306-47660-6_15

Sibling Competition and the Evolution of Brood Size and Development Rate in Birds

Robert E. Ricklefs

University of Missouri-St. Louis

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Original language	American English
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DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47660-6_15
State	Published - Jan 1 2002

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Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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