Egg production in the thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia) and razorbill (Alca torda) - a life-history perspective

• Main Author: Hipfner, J. Mark, 1963-
• Other Authors: Memorial University of Newfoundland. Biopsychology Programme
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Thick-billed murre > Eggs > Newfoundland and Labrador > Gannet Islands; Thick-billed murre > Eggs > Nunavut > Coats Island; Razor-billed auk > Eggs > Newfoundland and Labrador > Gannet Islands; Canada; Coats Island; Digges; Gannet Islands; Newfoundland; Nunavut; Alca torda; Newfoundland studies; Razorbill; thick-billed murre; Uria lomvia; University of Newfoundland; uria
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses3/id/138844

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2000. Biopsychology Includes bibliographical references: p. 128-132 A key tenet of life-history theory is that costs of reproduction lead to physiological and evolutionary trade-offs among fitness components. Although avian egg production was a ke...