Food supplements increase adult tarsus length, but not growth rate, in an island population of house sparrows (Passer domesticus)

BACKGROUND: Variation in food supply during early development can influence growth rate and body size in many species. However, whilst the detrimental effects of food restriction have often been studied in natural populations, how young individuals respond to an artificial increase in food supply is...

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Autores principales: Cleasby, Ian R, Burke, Terry, Schroeder, Julia, Nakagawa, Shinichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3225329/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22018144
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-4-431

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3225329/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22018144
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-4-431

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