Exploring individual quality: basal metabolic rate and reproductive performance in storm-petrels

• Main Authors: Alexis L. Blackmer, Robert A. Mauck, Joshua T. Ackerman, Charles E. Huntington, Gabrielle A. Nevitt, Joseph B. Williams
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Canada; Kent Island; Oceanodroma leucorhoa
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1093/beheco/ari069

Despite evidence that some individuals achieve both superior reproductive performance and high survivorship, the factors underlying variation in individual quality are not well understood. The compensation and increased-intake hypotheses predict that basal metabolic rate (BMR) influences reproductiv...