Growth of yellow-headed blackbird xanthocephalus xanthocephalus nestlings in relation to maternal body condition, egg mass, and yolk carotenoids concentrations

Agriculture & Biology

• Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus 100%
• egg weight 60%
• egg yolk 57%
• nestlings 57%
• body condition 53%
• carotenoids 46%
• resource allocation 21%
• lutein 19%
• gender 11%
• hatching 10%
• eggs 7%
• egg quality 6%
• carotenes 6%
• egg masses 6%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• nestling 79%
• body condition 74%
• carotenoid 68%
• egg 52%
• hatching 14%
• resource allocation 14%
• allocation 5%
• resource 3%
• effect 2%