PATTERNS OF GROWTH IN BIRDS

Bioenergetics and Growth

1946 • 2,397 citations

The Significance of Clutch-size

1947 • 2,029 citations

The Natural Regulation of Animal Numbers

1955 • 1,990 citations

Population Fluctuations and Clutch-Size in the Great Tit, Parus major L.

1965 • 1,235 citations

A Re-Examination of the Relation between Standard Metabolic Rate and Body Weight in Birds

1967 • 812 citations

Properties and fitting of the Von Bertalanffy growth curve.

1965 • 697 citations

A Graphical Method of Fitting Equations to Growth Curves

1967 • 668 citations

Energy Metabolism, Thermoregulation and Body Temperature

1961 • 452 citations

FACTORS GOVERNING FEEDING RATE, FOOD REQUIREMENT AND BROOD SIZE OF NESTLING GREAT TITS PARUS MAJOR

1966 • 352 citations

Nesting Success in Altricial Birds

1957 • 343 citations

Dynamics of normal growth.

1965 • 263 citations

THE BREEDING BIOLOGY OF THE GREAT AND BLUE TITMICE.

1950 • 257 citations

Brood Reduction in the Curve-Billed Thrasher

1965 • 234 citations

Fundamental aspects of normal and malignant growth

1960 • 219 citations

COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE WHITE BOOBY AND THE BROWN BOOBY SULA SPP. ATASCENSION

1962 • 208 citations

Locomotor Mechanisms of Birds

1962 • 201 citations

ASPECTS OF THE BREEDING BIOLOGY OF THE GULLS

1964 • 197 citations

Fat-Free Weights of Birds

1960 • 193 citations

Breeding Ecology of the Yellow‐Headed Blackbird

1966 • 190 citations

BREEDING BIOLOGY OF THE MANX SHEARWATER PUFFINUS PUFFINUS

1966 • 174 citations

Breeding Cycles and Behavior of Laysan and Black-Footed Albatrosses

1962 • 172 citations

Statistical analysis in chemistry and the chemical industry

1955 • 170 citations

THE BREEDING BIOLOGY OF THE SWIFT APUS APUS

1951 • 157 citations

Behavior and Food Habits of the Red-Tailed Hawk

1946 • 148 citations

Life History of the Oven-Bird in Southern Michigan

1937 • 144 citations

Weight Recession in Nestling Birds

1968 • 139 citations

THE BREEDING OF THE STARLING STURNUS VULGARIS IN RELATION TO ITS FOOD SUPPLY

1955 • 133 citations

NATURAL SELECTION AND FAMILY SIZE IN THE STARLING

1948 • 132 citations

Systematic revision and natural history of the American shrikes (Lanius)

1931 • 130 citations

Energy and Gaseous Metabolism of the Chicken from Hatch to Maturity as Affected by Temperature

1946 • 126 citations

The Chemical Basis of Growth and Senescence.

1924 • 117 citations

FACTORS INFLUENCING CLUTCH‐SIZE AND CHICK GROWTH IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC GANNET SULA BASSANA

1964 • 112 citations

Relation of Growth and Development to Temperature Regulation in Nestling Field and Chipping Sparrows

1957 • 111 citations

THE BREEDING BIOLOGY OF THE SHAG PHALACROCORAX ARISTOTELIS ON THE ISLAND OF LUNDY, BRISTOL CHANNEL

1960 • 106 citations

Relation of Growth and Development to Temperature Regulation in Nestling Vesper Sparrows

1960 • 105 citations

Notes on the Nesting Habits of the American Robin (Turdus migratorius L.)

1942 • 96 citations

ON THE LIMITATION OF BROOD SIZE IN PASSERINE BIRDS BY THE ABILITY OF ADULTS TO NOURISH THEIR YOUNG

1968 • 93 citations

Relative Growth, Body Constituents, and Energy Content of Nestling Barn Swallows and Red-Winged Blackbirds

1967 • 88 citations

THE NESTING SUCCESS OF THE HERON ARDEA CINEREA IN RELATION TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FOOD

1960 • 83 citations

The relation of metabolism to the development of temperature regulation in birds

1939 • 80 citations

The Rockhopper Penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome, at Macquarie Island

1963 • 79 citations

Reproduction and Development of Young in a Population of California Quail

1963 • 73 citations

Growth Rate and Development of Endothermy in the Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax Nivalis) and Lapland Longspur (Calcarius Lapponicus) at Barrow, Alaska

1964 • 71 citations

THE BEHAVIOUR, BREEDING, AND FOOD‐ECOLOGY OF THE SNOWY OWL NYCTEA SCANDIACA.

1957 • 64 citations

Food Consumption in Relation to Habitat in Breeding Chickadees

1961 • 60 citations

Natural History of the Montezuma Quail in Mexico

1957 • 58 citations

Notes on the American Sparrow Hawk

1957 • 58 citations

Bioenergetics of Growth in Nestling Wood Storks

1962 • 56 citations

Der Trauerfliegenschnäpper III. die Nahrungsbiologie

1954 • 54 citations

THE WEIGHT OF NESTLING ROBINS

1949 • 54 citations

Costs of Sexual Advertising in the Lekking Jackson's Widowbird

1994 • 51 citations

Bird Activity in the Continuous Daylight of Arctic Summer

1952 • 49 citations

Interrelations between Clutch-Size, Brood-Size, Prefledging Survival, and Weight in Kent Island Tree Swallows

1954 • 49 citations

CHANGES IN THE GROSS CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE MOUSE DURING GROWTH IN RELATION TO THE ASSESSMENT OF PHYSIOLOGICAL AGE

1960 • 49 citations

THE FOOD AND GROWTH OF NESTLING WOOD‐PIGEONS IN RELATION TO THE BREEDING SEASON

1963 • 46 citations

A contribution to the ecology and reproductive biology of the Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) in East Africa

1966 • 44 citations

The Gambel's Sparrow at Mountain Village, Alaska

1954 • 42 citations

SURVIVAL IN RELATION TO BROOD‐SIZE IN TITS

1957 • 42 citations

Development of Nestling White-Crowned Sparrows in Central Coastal California

1959 • 42 citations

THE BEHAVIOUR OF BIRDS IN CONTINUOUS DAYLIGHT

1954 • 41 citations

Breeding Biology of the Rhinoceros Auklet on Protection Island, Washington

1961 • 41 citations

A life history study of the yellow throat

1953 • 40 citations

The Breeding Biology of the Western Flycatcher

1963 • 39 citations

Development of Temperature Control in Nestling House Wrens

1928 • 37 citations

Temperature and Growth Studies on the Barn Swallow

1935 • 35 citations

THE FRIGATE BIRD FREGATA AQUILA OF ASCENSION ISLAND

1963 • 34 citations

A Study of the House Finch

1913 • 34 citations

Notes on the Life History of Traill's Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) in Southeastern Washington

1955 • 33 citations

Lipid Deposition in Wintering and Premigratory Myrtle Warblers

1965 • 33 citations

The Life History Cycle of Leach's Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa leucorhoa) on the Outer Sea Islands of the Bay of Fundy

1935 • 32 citations

Comparative Studies in the Growth of Young Raptores

1929 • 32 citations

The prairie horned lark

1931 • 31 citations

SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES ON THE BIOLOGY OF THE LARGE BIROS OF PREY OF EMBU DISTRICT, KENYA COLONY

1955 • 28 citations

The Sex Ratio in Nestling Eastern Red-Wings

1940 • 27 citations

Temperature and Growth Studies of the Northern Cliff Swallow

1945 • 26 citations

The Black Guillemots of Kent Island, Bay of Fundy

1950 • 25 citations

Development of Nestling Yellow-Headed Blackbirds

1941 • 25 citations

Nest Life of the Eastern Yellow Warbler

1943 • 25 citations

Respiratory metabolism studies on red-winged blackbird nestlings

1968 • 24 citations

Nesting of Hicks' Seedeater at Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone

1952 • 23 citations

Nesting of the King Rail in the Arkansas Rice Fields

1953 • 23 citations

A Study of the Violet-Green Swallow

1943 • 21 citations

Barn Owl Growth and Behaviorisms

1948 • 20 citations

THE AFRICAN FISH EAGLE HALIAETUS VOCIFER ESPECIALLY IN THE KAVIRONDO GULF

1960 • 20 citations

Daily Life of the American Eagle: Early Phase

1932 • 18 citations

Aging, Growth-Rate and Breeding Season Phenology of Wild Populations of California Quail in New Zealand

1959 • 18 citations

Life History of the Cactus Wren. Part IV: Development of Nestlings

1961 • 17 citations

The Nestling of the Sooty Shearwater

1945 • 17 citations

Recession in Weight of Nestling Birds

1930 • 15 citations

Breeding Habits of Mccown's Longspur

1943 • 14 citations

Nesting of the Eastern Bluebird

1943 • 14 citations

Studies of Food and Growth of the Prairie Falcon

1931 • 13 citations

Notes on the Life History of Columbigallina talpacoti in Surinam

1953 • 13 citations

Breeding Biology of the Vaux Swift

1963 • 12 citations

Measurement of Growth in the Eastern Chipping Sparrow

1937 • 10 citations

Growth and Development of the Nestling Crow

1952 • 9 citations

Nesting Behavior of the Southern House Wren in Surinam

1952 • 8 citations

Preliminary Notes on the Development of Nestling Pileated Woodpeckers

1944 • 6 citations

Lean Dry Weight and Water Balance in Slate-Colored Juncos

1966 • 6 citations

Notes on the Development of Young Screech Owls

1928 • 5 citations

Daily Life of the American Eagle: Early Phase (Concluded)

1933 • 5 citations

Rate of Early Growth in Domestic Fowl

1951 • 5 citations

Weight-Growth Curves

1944 • 4 citations

THE NESTING OF THE PINE SISKIN IN NEBRASKA

2016 • 3 citations

Home Life of the Vesper Sparrow and the Hermit Thrush

1918 • 2 citations