• Limited male incubation ability and the evolution of egg size in shorebirds 

      Lislevand, Terje; Thomas, Gavin H. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2006-06-22)
      In bird species where males incubate but are smaller than females, egg size may be constrained by male body size, and hence ability to incubate the eggs. Using data from 71 such shorebird species, we show that egg size ...