INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION IN EGG SIZE AND EGG COMPOSITION IN BIRDS: EFFECTS ON OFFSPRING FITNESS

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1970 • 3,689 citations

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1974 • 2,895 citations

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1981 • 588 citations

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Seed Variation in Wild Radish: Effect of Seed Size on Components of Seedling and Adult Fitness

1984 • 530 citations

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1988 • 517 citations

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1974 • 396 citations

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1986 • 377 citations

Courtship-feeding, Egg-size and Breeding Success in Common Terns

1973 • 371 citations

On the Adaptive Value of Intraclutch Egg-Size Variation in Birds

1984 • 344 citations

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1970 • 327 citations

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1991 • 315 citations

Determinants of Chick Survival in the Lesser Black-Backed Gull: Relative Contributions of Egg Size and Parental Quality

1991 • 253 citations

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1973 • 244 citations

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1980 • 231 citations

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2005 • 209 citations

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1990 • 198 citations

Qualitative Variation in Plants and Insects: Effect of Propagule Size on Ecological Plasticity

1979 • 195 citations

Nutritional Constraints on Egg Formation in the Lesser Black-Backed Gull: An Experimental Study

1992 • 190 citations

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1978 • 189 citations

THE IMPLICATIONS OF OVUM SIZE VARIABILITY FOR OFFSPRING FITNESS AND CLUTCH SIZE WITHIN SEVERAL POPULATIONS OF SALAMANDERS (AMBYSTOMA)

1980 • 188 citations

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1991 • 187 citations

Egg Weight, Survival, and Growth of Lesser Snow Goose Goslings

1980 • 187 citations

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1975 • 186 citations

Brood Size in Canada Geese: A Manipulation Experiment

1986 • 182 citations

On the Composition of Bird Eggs

1987 • 182 citations

Greater Maternal Investment Can Decrease Offspring Survival in the Frog Bombina Orientalis

1992 • 180 citations

Hormonal and physiological control of clutch size, egg size, and egg shape in side‐blotched lizards (Uta stansburiana): Constraints on the evolution of lizard life histories

1991 • 179 citations

The Adaptive Significance of Egg Size and Laying Date in Thick‐Billed Murres Uria Lomvia

1982 • 175 citations

Some Factors Affecting the Laying Date, Incubation and Breeding Success of the Manx Shearwater, Puffinus puffinus

1978 • 162 citations

Evaluation of a Nondestructive Method for Determining Fat Stores in Small Birds and Mammals

1988 • 154 citations

Effects of egg size and composition on the size, quality and survival of lapwing Vanellus vanellus chicks

1988 • 153 citations

Hatching weight in relation to egg weight in domestic birds

1987 • 146 citations

PARENTAL QUALITY AND SELECTION ON EGG SIZE IN THE MAGELLANIC PENGUIN

1990 • 138 citations

Intial Investment, Clutch Size, and Brood Reduction in the Common Grackle (Quiscalus Quiscula L.)

1978 • 128 citations

Inter and Intraspecific Relationships between Egg Size and Clutch Size in Waterfowl

1988 • 127 citations

Energetic limitation in the egg-laying period of great tits

1992 • 124 citations

CLUTCH SIZE, EGG SIZE, HATCH WEIGHT AND LAYING DATE IN RELATION TO EARLY MORTALITY IN RED GROUSE LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS CHICKS

1981 • 123 citations

Egg Weight Variation and Lack of Correlation between Egg Weight and Offspring Fitness in the Wall Brown Butterfly Lasiommata megera

1984 • 123 citations

Egg Weights and Brood Reduction in the European Swift (Apus apus)

1979 • 116 citations

The Relationship between Egg Size and Chick Size in the Laughing Gull and Japanese Quail

1978 • 112 citations

THE INFLUENCE OF AGE ON THE BREEDING BIOLOGY OF THE TREE SWALLOW IRIDOPROCNE BICOLOR

1978 • 111 citations

The effect of maternal age and experience on egg‐size and hatching success in Wandering Albatrosses Diomedea exulans

1992 • 110 citations

Egg Size and Parental Quality Influence Nestling Growth in the Shag

1990 • 109 citations

Body Size and Condition, Timing of Breeding, and Aspects of Egg Production in Eastern Kingbirds

1986 • 109 citations

The effect of egg mass on the growth and survival of blackbirds: a field experiment

1992 • 107 citations

Selective Correlation of Egg Size with Chick Mortality in the Black-Headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)

1979 • 104 citations

Energy Constraints and Ultimate Decisions During Egg‐Laying in the Blue Tit

1993 • 101 citations

The effect of egg size variability on thermoregulation of Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) offspring and its implications for survival

1988 • 101 citations

THE EVOLUTION OF REVERSED SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN SIZE IN MONOGAMOUS SPECIES OF BIRDS

1990 • 95 citations

FACTORS AFFECTING BREEDING OF RAZORBILLS ALCA TORDA ON SKOKHOLM

1979 • 94 citations

Effects of Parental Age on Hatching Asynchrony, Egg Size and Third-Chick Disadvantage in Western Gulls

1992 • 94 citations

Constraints on Hatching Asynchrony and Egg Size in Pied Flycatchers

1989 • 94 citations

The Timing and Energetic Consequences of Egg Formation in the Adelie Penguin

1985 • 93 citations

Variations in size and growth of Great skua Catharacta skua chicks in relation to adult age, hatching date, egg volume, brood size and hatching sequence

1983 • 90 citations

Why Some Birds Take so Long to Hatch

1982 • 90 citations

Fitness Consequences of Variation in Egg Size and Food Abundance in Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis

1991 • 90 citations

The relationships between breeding experience, egg volume and reproductive success of the kittiwake Rissa tridactyla

1983 • 88 citations

Initial Size Hierarchy in Broods of the Shag: Relative Significance of Egg Size and Hatching Asynchrony

1988 • 88 citations

Relationships between egg size, chick size at hatching, and chick survival in the Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus

1991 • 84 citations

FACTORS AFFECTING EGG-WEIGHT, BODY-WEIGHT AND MOULT OF THE WOODPIGEON COLUMBA PALUMBUS

1974 • 83 citations

Reproductive Implications of Egg-Size Variation in the Black Brant

1992 • 83 citations

Variation in the Size and Composition of Eggs of the European Starling

1984 • 80 citations

A Comparison of Two Noninvasive Techniques to Measure Total Body Lipid in Live Birds

1991 • 79 citations

Laying Dates, Clutch Size and Egg Weight of Captive Mallards

1979 • 78 citations

Factors Affecting Variation in the Egg and Duckling Components of Wood Ducks

1987 • 78 citations

Egg size, composition and offspring quality in some Alcidae (Aves: Charadriiformes)

1984 • 77 citations

Effect of injecting amino acids into the egg on embryonic and subsequent growth in the domestic fowl

1982 • 77 citations

Ring Structure of Avian Egg Yolk

1976 • 75 citations

Variation in the Composition of the Eggs and Chicks of American Coots

1986 • 72 citations

Effect of heating nest boxes on egg laying in the blue tit (Parus caeruleus)

1993 • 72 citations

Is there a trade‐off between egg weight and clutch size in wild Lesser Snow Geese (Anser c. caerulescens)?

1989 • 70 citations

Is Intraclutch Egg-Size Variation Adaptive in the Lesser Snow Goose?

1993 • 64 citations

Brood reduction in the Blue-eyed Shag Phalacrocorax atriceps

1985 • 63 citations

Importance of prenatal nutrition to the development of a precocial chick

1993 • 62 citations

The Implications of Ovum Size Variability for Offspring Fitness and Clutch Size within Several Populations of Salamanders (Ambystoma)

1980 • 61 citations

Nestling Survival and Growth in the Yellow‐Headed Blackbird, Xanthocephalus Xanthocephalus

1984 • 60 citations

The effect of parental condition on egg-size and reproductive success in short-tailed shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris

1993 • 59 citations

Patterns of variation in size of Boat‐tailed Grackle Quiscalus major eggs

1984 • 57 citations

An Explanation of Egg-Weight Variation in the Lesser Snow Goose

1976 • 55 citations

Composition of Blue-Winged Teal Eggs in Relation to Egg Size, Clutch Size, and the Timing of Laying

1986 • 55 citations

Food Supply and Egg Mass Variation in the European Coot

1984 • 53 citations

Factors Affecting the Breeding Success of the Mute Swan Cygnus olor

1983 • 50 citations

Manipulating egg size to study maternal effects on offspring traits

1991 • 50 citations

Behaviour of young Ringed Plovers Charadrius hiaticula and its relationship to growth and survival to reproductive age

1984 • 48 citations

Variation in laying date, clutch size, egg size, and egg composition of yellow-headed blackbirds (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus): a supplemental feeding experiment

1992 • 48 citations

Egg Size and the Egg Predatory Behaviour of Crows

1976 • 47 citations

Causes and consequences of egg‐size variation in the European Starling Sturnus vulgaris

1988 • 47 citations

Size and Composition of Herring Gull Eggs: Relationship to Position in the Laying Sequence and the Body Condition of Females

1987 • 46 citations

Intraclutch Variation in the Size, Mass and Composition of Ring-Billed Gull Eggs

1987 • 43 citations

Variation and heritability in egg size of the northern pintail

1987 • 42 citations

Variation in Weight and Composition of Brown-Headed Cowbird Eggs

1985 • 42 citations

Parental Quality and Selection on Egg Size in the Magellanic Penguin

1990 • 41 citations

Tolerance of Variation in Eggshell Conductance, Water Loss, and Water Content by Red-Winged Blackbird Embryos

1986 • 41 citations

Growth and Survival in Macaroni Penguin, Eudyptes chrysolophus, A- and B-Chicks: Do Females Maximise Investment in the Large B-Egg?

1990 • 37 citations

Importance of albumen content in whole‐body protein synthesis of the chicken embryo during incubation

1990 • 35 citations

The Effect of Food Abundance on the Reproductive Patterns of Coots

1988 • 34 citations

Intraclutch egg-weight apportionment and chick survival in Caspian terns

1986 • 34 citations

Egg Dimensions and Neonatal Mass of Shorebirds

1984 • 33 citations

Variation in Size and Quality of the Starling Egg

1977 • 32 citations

Size, organic composition and energy content of north atlantic gannet Morus bassanus eggs

1979 • 31 citations

Variation in the Weight and Composition of Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) Eggs

1984 • 28 citations

Variation in egg quality and composition in the Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

1985 • 26 citations

Relationships among egg size, energy reserves, growth rate, and fasting resistance of Canada Goose goslings from southern Ontario

1988 • 25 citations

Intraspecific variation in egg composition and yolk formation in the common guillemot (Uria aalge)

1990 • 25 citations

The Composition of Petrel Eggs

1983 • 24 citations

Variation in Weight of Eggs and its Effect on the Breeding Biology of the Great Skua

1980 • 22 citations

Egg Formation

1984 • 22 citations

Resources and reproductive performance in Mute swans Cygnus olor

1983 • 22 citations

Variation in eggs and the period of rapid yolk deposition of the silver gull Larus novaehollandiae during a protracted laying season

1991 • 21 citations

Egg mass, position in the laying sequence, and brood size in relation to Canada goose reproductive success

1987 • 21 citations

Nutrient Content of Eggs and the Energetics of Clutch Formation in the Boat-Tailed Grackle

1985 • 21 citations

Size, organic composition, and energy content of Leach's storm-petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) eggs with reference to position in the precocial–altricial spectrum and breeding ecology

1983 • 20 citations

Variation in Size and Composition of Horned and Pied-Billed Grebe Eggs

1989 • 20 citations

Variation in weight and composition of Red-winged Blackbird eggs

1987 • 20 citations

Variation in Egg Composition in Semi-Captive Barnacle Geese

1988 • 19 citations

Morphology of Hatchling Hooded Crows and Its Relation to Egg Volume

1987 • 18 citations

Differential predation of eggs in clutches of Glaucous‐winged Gulls Larus glaucescens

1988 • 18 citations

Research Note: An Assessment of Egg Yolk Structure Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging

1992 • 17 citations

Seasonal Variation in Egg Size in Golden Plover Pluvialis Apricaria and Dotterel Charadrius Morinellus Populations

1985 • 15 citations

A Revision of the Species of the Fringilline Genus Spermophila

1871 • 13 citations

Early Growth of Magpie Geese, Anseranas-Semipalmata - Sex-Differences and Influence of Egg Size

1990 • 12 citations