Size‐related life history traits: insights from a study of snow petrels ( Pagodroma nivea)

• Published in: Journal of Animal Ecology
• Main Authors: Barbraud, Christophe, Weimerskirch, Henri, Robertson, Graham G., Jouventin, Pierre
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1999
• Subjects: Nivea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Snow Petrel; Snow Petrels
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2656.1999.00361.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1365-2656.1999.00361.x; https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-2656.1999.00361.x

Summary 1. Body size is commonly tied to major life history traits in many animals. The main problem with studies on this topic is that the range of body sizes within species is generally too small to produce enough variation in traits for quantitative analysis. The snow petrel shows considerable di...