AVIAN POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT

A Flexible Growth Function for Empirical Use

1959 • 3,987 citations

XXIV. On the nature of the function expressive of the law of human mortality, and on a new mode of determining the value of life contingencies. In a letter to Francis Baily, Esq. F. R. S. &c

1825 • 3,639 citations

Natural Selection, the Costs of Reproduction, and a Refinement of Lack's Principle

1966 • 3,191 citations

Bioenergetics and Growth

1946 • 2,397 citations

A quantitative theory of organic growth

1938 • 2,122 citations

The Prudent Parent: Energetic Adjustments in Avian Breeding¹)

2002 • 2,043 citations

The Natural Regulation of Animal Numbers

1955 • 1,990 citations

Quantitative Laws in Metabolism and Growth

1957 • 1,938 citations

The Problems of Relative Growth

1932 • 1,813 citations

An analysis of nesting mortality in birds

1969 • 1,793 citations

Life Historical Consequences of Natural Selection

1970 • 1,650 citations

Introduction to Quantitative Genetics.

1960 • 1,647 citations

Data Analysis and Regression.

1978 • 1,451 citations

Growth Rates and Models

1979 • 1,294 citations

Physiology and biochemistry of the domestic fowl

1985 • 1,091 citations

PATTERNS OF GROWTH IN BIRDS

1968 • 815 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

Terminology of Relative Growth

1936 • 687 citations

The Determination of Clutch-Size in Birds a Review

2002 • 675 citations

A Graphical Method of Fitting Equations to Growth Curves

1967 • 668 citations

On the Evolution and Adaptive Significance of Postnatal Growth Rates in the Terrestrial Vertebrates

1978 • 656 citations

Avian Breeding Adaptations: Hatching Asynchrony, Brood Reduction, and Nest Failure

1981 • 588 citations

The pituitary gland

1966 • 568 citations

Constant Differential Growth-Ratios and their Significance

1924 • 520 citations

A Comparative Sudy of the Breeding Ecology of the Great TitParus majorin Different Habitats

2002 • 517 citations

Parent Birds and Their Young

1976 • 510 citations

Energy Metabolism, Thermoregulation and Body Temperature

1961 • 452 citations

Thermal and caloric relations of birds

1974 • 447 citations

Brood reduction in birds: Selection for fratricide, infanticide and suicide?

1978 • 423 citations

Genetical Aspects of Metrical Growth and Form in Animals

1966 • 419 citations

Ecological adaptations to breeding in birds

1969 • 406 citations

PATTERNS OF GROWTH IN BIRDS. II. GROWTH RATE AND MODE OF DEVELOPMENT

1973 • 381 citations

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

1966 • 352 citations

BODY SIZE, ITS HERITABILITY AND INFLUENCE ON JUVENILE SURVIVAL AMONG GREAT TITS, PARUS MAJOR

1981 • 347 citations

ADAPTATION, CONSTRAINT, AND COMPROMISE IN AVIAN POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT

1979 • 335 citations

Relationship between Egg Size and Post-hatching Chick Mortality in the Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)

1970 • 327 citations

Egg Size, Hatching Asynchrony, Sex, and Brood Reduction in the Common Grackle

1976 • 317 citations

Relation of Avian Egg Weight to Body Weight

1975 • 302 citations

BREEDING BIOLOGY OF HOUSE MARTINS DELICHON URBICA IN RELATION TO AERIAL INSECT ABUNDANCE

1975 • 298 citations

Measurements of birds

1931 • 288 citations

Physiology of the domestic fowl.

1966 • 271 citations

Dynamics of normal growth.

1965 • 263 citations

On the Evolutionary Advantages and Disadvantages of Fruit Eating in Tropical Birds

1973 • 261 citations

THE EFFECT OF EGG WEIGHT ON THE SUBSEQUENT GROWTH OF NESTLING GREAT TITS PARUS MAJOR

1973 • 244 citations

Natural Selection and a Cost Ceiling on Reproductive Effort

1974 • 236 citations

Brood Reduction in the Curve-Billed Thrasher

1965 • 234 citations

Calories, Water, Lipid and Yolk in Avian Eggs

1980 • 231 citations

Asynchronous hatching in the laughing gull: Cutting losses and reducing rivalry

1981 • 226 citations

Estimating and Interpreting Body-Size Growth in Some Anolis Lizards

1978 • 221 citations

Development of Behavior in Precocial Birds

1963 • 216 citations

GROWTH RATES OF BIRDS IN THE HUMID NEW WORLD TROPICS

1976 • 212 citations

Selection for Body Weight at Eight Weeks of Age

1962 • 208 citations

MORE GROWTH RATES OF BIRDS IN THE HUMID NEW WORLD TROPICS

1981 • 207 citations

Studies in the Life History of the Song Sparrow II. The Behavior of the Song Sparrow and Other Passerines.

1944 • 203 citations

On the Evolution of Reproductive Strategies in Birds: Reproductive Effort

1977 • 199 citations

Heritability of Ecologically Important Traits in the Great Tit

2002 • 193 citations

DEPENDENCE OF FLEDGING SUCCESS ON EGG‐SIZE, PARENTAL PERFORMANCE AND EGG‐COMPOSITION AMONG COMMON AND ROSEATE TERNS, STERNA HIRUNDO AND S. DOUGALLII

1978 • 189 citations

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

1980 • 187 citations

The relationship between the dimensions of the fibres and the number of nuclei during normal growth of skeletal muscle in the domestic fowl

1968 • 182 citations

Age, Experience and Other Factors Affecting the Breeding Success of the Fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis, in Orkney

1978 • 177 citations

Cold-Hardiness of the Newly Hatched Young in Relation to Ecology and Distribution in Ten Species of European Ducks

1964 • 175 citations

BREEDING BIOLOGY OF THE MANX SHEARWATER PUFFINUS PUFFINUS

1966 • 174 citations

Heritability of external morphology in Darwin's finches

1978 • 167 citations

Physiology of the temperature of birds

1932 • 164 citations

Structural and Functional Aspects of the Avian Lungs and Air Sacs

1966 • 158 citations

The energy cost of growth

1976 • 156 citations

Preliminary Models for Growth Rates in Altricial Birds

1969 • 153 citations

Studien über physiologische Ähnlichkeit VI. Wachstumsähnlichkeiten

1920 • 145 citations

Patterns of Growth in Birds. V. A Comparative Study of Development in the Starling, Common Tern, and Japanese Quail

1979 • 140 citations

Weight Recession in Nestling Birds

1968 • 139 citations

THE PERIPHERAL ENDOCRINE GLANDS

1973 • 139 citations

DIFFERENTIAL GROWTH AND BODY COMPOSITION IN ALTRICIAL PASSERINES

1977 • 139 citations

Influence of overfeeding on growth, obesity and intestinal tract in young chicks of light and heavy breeds

1978 • 138 citations

Composition of Eggs of Several Bird Species

1977 • 137 citations

BIOLOGY OF THE SOOTY SHEARWATER PUFFINUS GRISEUS

1963 • 134 citations

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

1978 • 128 citations

EGG SIZE, LAYING DATE AND INCUBATION PERIOD IN THE HERRING GULL

1972 • 126 citations

The Timing of Endothermy in the Development of Altrical Birds

1975 • 124 citations

ESTABLISHMENT OF WEIGHT HIERARCHIES IN THE BROODS OF HOUSE MARTINS DELICHON URBICA

1978 • 121 citations

On the normal rate of growth of an individual, and its biochemical significance

1908 • 118 citations

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

1979 • 116 citations

Studies in the Life History of the Song Sparrow II. The Behavior of the Song Sparrow and Other Passerines

1944 • 116 citations

Severe undernutrition in growing and adult animals

1960 • 113 citations

Shivering and Heat Production in Wild Birds

1965 • 113 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

ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF NESTLING HOUSE MARTINS DELICHON URBICA

1978 • 111 citations

A FIELD STUDY OF THE BEARDED BELLBIRD IN TRINIDAD

1970 • 110 citations

HERITABILITY OF SOME MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS IN A SONG SPARROW POPULATION

1979 • 106 citations

Coexistence, Coevoluation and Convergent Evolution in Seabird Communities

1973 • 106 citations

SIBLING COMPETITION AND AVIAN GROWTH RATES

1979 • 102 citations

The Feathers and Plumage of Birds

1967 • 99 citations

Energetics of growth in House martins (Delichon urbica)

1979 • 97 citations

GROWTH AND ENERGETICS OF CHICKS OF THE SOOTY TERN (STERNA FUSCATA) AND COMMON TERN (S. HIRUNDO)

1981 • 96 citations

THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE ON THE UTILIZATION OF FOOD ENERGY IN BABY CHICKS

1934 • 95 citations

FACTORS AFFECTING BREEDING OF RAZORBILLS ALCA TORDA ON SKOKHOLM

1979 • 94 citations

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

1968 • 93 citations

The Transition to Independence and Postfledging Parental Care in Seabirds

1980 • 89 citations

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

1967 • 88 citations

EXPERIMENTAL CONFIRMATION OF HERITABLE MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION IN A NATURAL POPULATION OF SONG SPARROWS

1980 • 88 citations

BREEDING SUCCESS OF GREAT TITS PARUS MAJOR IN RELATION TO AGE OF MALE AND FEMALE PARENT

1979 • 83 citations

The Role of Environmental Factors in the Growth of Tern Chicks

1975 • 83 citations

Growth curve changes associated with long-term selection for body weight in Japanese quail.

1978 • 80 citations

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

1939 • 80 citations

Growth, Body Components and Energy Content of Nestling Double-Crested Cormorants

1975 • 79 citations

The pectoral muscles and the development of thermoregulation in chicks of willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)

1976 • 76 citations

Long term selection for four-week body weight in Japanese quail under different nutritional environments

1978 • 73 citations

The influence of brood size upon metabolic rate and body temperature in nestling Blue tits Parus caeruleus and House sparrows Passer domesticus

1975 • 73 citations

The Role of Behavior in the Temperature Regulation of the Masked Booby

1966 • 72 citations

Relation of Egg Weight to Chick Weight at Hatching.

1922 • 70 citations

Temperature Regulation in Nestling Cactus Wrens: The Development of Homeothermy

1968 • 65 citations

The Postnatal Growth of the Body, Systems and Organs of the Single Comb White Leghorn Chicken

1921 • 62 citations

Metabolic and anatomical adaptations of light‐bodied chicks to intermittent feeding

1979 • 62 citations

EGG COMPOSITION AND HATCHLING PRECOCITY IN SEABIRDS*

1982 • 61 citations

Some Considerations on Sibling Competition and Avian Growth Rates

1982 • 61 citations

THE NUTRITION OF BIRDS

1972 • 61 citations

The Heritability of Body Weight, Gain, Feed Consumption, and Feed Conversion in Broilers

1958 • 59 citations

Selection for Body Weight at Eight Weeks of Age

1963 • 58 citations

Feeding, growth and metabolism of the pigeon,Columba livia domestica: Duration and role of crop milk feeding

1980 • 58 citations

Total frugivory in tropical passerines: a reappraisal.

1978 • 57 citations

Initial Size and Subsequent Growth in Passerine Nestlings

1975 • 57 citations

Growth of Broiler Chicks Hatched from Various Sized Eggs when Reared in Competition with Each Other

1952 • 56 citations

The Effect of Variations in External Temperature upon the Output of Carbonic Acid and the Temperature of Young Animals

1895 • 55 citations

On temperature regulation and metabolism in the swift,Micropus aapus L., during fasting

1948 • 54 citations

Growth and Development of the Rufous-Winged Sparrow (Aimophila carpalis)

1977 • 54 citations

Postnatal growth of the chicken skeleton

1927 • 54 citations

Selection for Four-Week Body Weight in Japanese Quail Under Two Nutritional Environments

1971 • 54 citations

On the Variability in Energy Allocation of Nestling Birds

1980 • 53 citations

Statistics and Mathematics in Biology.

1955 • 52 citations

Patterns of Growth in Birds. III. Growth and Development of the Cactus Wren

1975 • 52 citations

Chemical composition of growth in nestling blackbirds and thrushes

1971 • 51 citations

Force-feeding effects on growth, carcass and blood composition in the young chick

1974 • 51 citations

Changes in Unselected Traits Accompanying Long-Term Selection for Four-Week Body Weight in Japanese Quail

1979 • 51 citations

Body weights and organ measurements in relation to age and season in ring‐necked pheasants

1944 • 51 citations

Intraspecific Variation in the Growth Rate of Nestling European Starlings

1979 • 48 citations

Influence of Thyroid Status of the Chick on Growth and Metabolism, with Observations on Several Parameters of Thyroid Function

1968 • 48 citations

Egg Weight, Day Old Chick Weight and Rate of Growth in Single Comb Rhode Island Red Chicks

1928 • 48 citations

The relationship between the dimensions of the fibres and the number of nuclei during restricted growth, degrowth and compensatory growth of skeletal muscle

1968 • 48 citations

Granivorous birds in ecosystems

1979 • 46 citations

The effect of growth on the composition of avian muscle

1960 • 46 citations

The development of thermoregulatory ability, heat seeking activities, and thyroid function in hatchling Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica)

1974 • 45 citations

Development of thermoregulation in painted quail, Excalfactoria chinensis

1973 • 44 citations

Effect of cold acclimation on the oxidative capacity of skeletal muscles and liver in young bantam chicks

1979 • 44 citations

The Effect of Bovine Growth Hormone, Desoxycorticosterone, and Cortisone on the Weight of the Bursa of Fabricius, Adrenal Glands, Heart, and Body Weight of Young Chickens

1960 • 43 citations

Thyroidal influence on early muscle growth of chickens

1973 • 43 citations

STUDIES OF MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT

1952 • 43 citations

Effect of hypophysectomy of young cockerels, with particular reference to body growth, liver weight, and liver glycogen level

1969 • 42 citations

Severe undernutrition in growing and adult animals

1960 • 42 citations

MUSCLE TREMORS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEMPERATURE REGULATION IN BIRDS

1942 • 42 citations

Selection in Small Populations of Chickens

1974 • 42 citations

Guide to the young of European precocial birds

1977 • 41 citations

On the Response of the Chick, before and after Hatching, to Changes of External Temperatuee

1894 • 40 citations

FURTHER NOTES ON THE BREEDING BIOLOGY OF THE SWIFT APUS APUS

1956 • 40 citations

Heritability of Some Morphological Characters in a Song Sparrow Population

1979 • 40 citations

Post Embryonic Growth in Relation to Egg Weight

1965 • 39 citations

The effect of food quality on breeding strategy in Griffon vultures (Gyps spp.)

1978 • 39 citations

Immunochemical studies of bovine and ovine pituitary growth hormone

1961 • 38 citations

Ontogeny of heat production in chicks.

1969 • 37 citations

Development of Temperature Control in Nestling House Wrens

1928 • 37 citations

Quantitative Changes in Contractile Proteins of Chick Skeletal Muscle During and After Embryonic Development

1951 • 36 citations

RESPIRATORY EVAPORATION IN BIRDS

1964 • 35 citations

Experimental Confirmation of Heritable Morphological Variation in a Natural Population of Song Sparrows

1980 • 35 citations

Comparison of subnormal multiple doses of l-thyroxine and l-triiodothyronine in propylthiouracil-fed and radiothyroidectomized chicks (Gallus domesticus)

1970 • 35 citations

A Study of the House Finch

1913 • 34 citations

Growth Hormone Effects in Chickens

1955 • 34 citations

Ontogeny of Thermoregulation in the Mourning Dove

1967 • 34 citations

The development of endothermy in nestling gray-crowned rosy finches, Leucosticte tephrocotis griseonucha

1970 • 33 citations

Comparative Studies in the Growth of Young Raptores

1929 • 32 citations

Effect of Dietary Energy Concentration on Sulfur Amino Acid Requirements and Body Composition of Young Chicks

1973 • 32 citations

The shivering pattern in an arctic (Willow ptarmigan) and a tropical bird (Bantam hen)

1976 • 32 citations

THE GROWTH HORMONE CONTENT OF SEVERAL VERTEBRATE PITUITARIES¹

1959 • 31 citations

The effect of cold stress on muscle growth in young chicks.

1975 • 31 citations

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BROOD SIZE AND AGE OF EFFECTIVE HOMEOTHERMY IN NESTLING HOUSE WRENS

2016 • 31 citations

Practical application of generic growth theory and the significance of the growth curve parameters.

1979 • 31 citations

Hatching Asynchrony: The Nest Failure Hypothesis and Brood Reduction

1982 • 30 citations

Effects of Age on Reproduction in American Coots

1980 • 29 citations

Structure in avian growth patterns: a multivariate study of passerine development

1978 • 29 citations

Relationship of Embryonic Development to Egg Weight, Hatch Weight, and Growth in Japanese Quail

1975 • 29 citations

Development of secondary sexual characters in thyroidectomized brown Leghorn hens

1947 • 28 citations

Relative growth and hereditary size limitation in the domestic fowl

1937 • 28 citations

Skin and plumage changes during the development of thermoregulatory ability in Japanese quail chicks

1977 • 28 citations

The role of insects in the diet of Mallard ducklings--an experimental approach

1978 • 27 citations

The Influence of Egg Weight on the Pre-Hatching and Post-Hatching Growth Rate in the Fowl

1950 • 27 citations

Some preliminary observations on the development of instincts and habits in young birds.

1909 • 25 citations

The relative postanatal growth of the systems and organs of the chicken

1925 • 24 citations

Das Wachstumsgesetz als Gesetz der progressiven Differenzierung

1930 • 24 citations

A method for constructing nestling growth curves from brief visits to seabird colonies

1975 • 24 citations

Die Ontogenese der Vögel als Evolutionsproblem

1935 • 22 citations

Innere und �ussere Wachstumsfaktoren. Untersuchungen an H�hnern und Tauben

1930 • 21 citations

Re-Examination of the Fitting of the Richards Growth Function

1977 • 21 citations

Relation of Thyroxine Secretion Rate to Age and Growth Rate in the Cockerel

1965 • 21 citations

Efficiency of Selection for Broiler Growth at Various Ages

1953 • 20 citations

Nestling thermolysis and developmental change in body temperature

1975 • 20 citations

Thermoregulation and muscular development in cold exposed willow ptarmigan chicks (Lagopus lagopus L.)

1976 • 20 citations

The effect of intermittent cold exposure on the thermoregulatory capacity of bantam chicks, Gallus domesticus

1977 • 19 citations

Correlated responses in reproductive fitness to selection in chickens

1968 • 19 citations

Avian Anatomy - Integument, Parts I and II.

1975 • 19 citations

Breeding Biology and Twinning Experiments of Rhinoceros Auklets on Cleland Island, British Columbia

1979 • 19 citations

The postnatal growth of the central nervous system of the chicken

1925 • 19 citations

Untersuchungen über das embryonale und postembryonale Organwachstum bei Vogelarten mit verschiedenem Ontogenesemodus

1972 • 18 citations

Relativity of physiologic time and physiologic weight.

1937 • 18 citations

Growth Retardation of Day-old Chickens and Physiological Effects at Maturity

1965 • 17 citations

Relatedness of Pituitary Growth Hormone from Various Vertebrate Classes

1969 • 17 citations

Influence of Thyroxin on Growth of Chickens

1952 • 16 citations

EGG VOLUME AS A PREDICTOR OF HATCHLING WEIGHT IN THE BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD

1978 • 16 citations

Thyroidal 131 I Uptake of Japanese Quail in Response to Three Different Dietary Goitrogens

1973 • 16 citations

Quelques donn�es sur la composition du ?Lait de Pigeon?

1968 • 16 citations

Estimation and testing of parameters in Richards growth model for western grebes.

1977 • 16 citations

Thyroid Development in Precocial and Altricial Avian Embryos

1977 • 14 citations

Über das embryonale und postembryonale Hirnwachstum bei Hühnern und Sperlingsvögeln

1943 • 13 citations

The Effect of Early Growth Retardation of Coturnix (Japanese Quail) on Their Subsequent Sexual Maturity

1971 • 13 citations

CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTS IN THE DIET OF NESTLING LAPLAND LONGSPURS CALCARIUS LAPPONICUS NEAR BARROW, ALASKA

1977 • 12 citations

The Development of Effective Endothermy and Homeothermy by Nestling Piñon Jays

1981 • 12 citations

Development of Birds

1960 • 11 citations

Effect of different patterns of food restriction from different ages on growth and efficiency of broilers

1979 • 11 citations

The effect of photoperiod on performance of female turkeys from two to 16 weeks of age

1978 • 11 citations

Critical size of newborn homeotherms

1977 • 11 citations

Growth Rates of Young Passerines and the Flexibility of Clutch Size

1974 • 11 citations

A Method for Constructing Nestling Growth Curves from Brief Visits to Seabird Colonies

1975 • 10 citations

Effects of Avian and Rat Pituitary Extracts on Tibial Growth and Blood Composition.

1961 • 8 citations

Survey of line crosses in a brown leghorn flock

1965 • 7 citations

Growth Rate of the Brown Noddy on the Dry Tortugas

1978 • 4 citations

Die postembryonale Ausbildung der Körperproportionen bei Vögeln. (Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Limicolen)

1963 • 4 citations

Metamorphosis in pigeons

1963 • 3 citations

Heterogonisches Wachstum und chemische Zusammensetzung der Leber bei Tauben

1935 • 1 citations