Metabolism and performance : a study of provisioning in the tree swallow, Tachycineta bicolor

One goal of evolutionary physiology is to relate phenotypic variation to Darwinian fitness via organismal performance. Within this framework, I used breeding tree swallows, (Tachycineta bicolor) to identify physiological correlates and potential fitness consequences of inter-individual variation...

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Main Author: Burness, Gary P.
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/11112