The seasonal decline in tree swallow clutch size: Physiological constraint or strategic adjustment?

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 922-932

  Winkler, David W ^a   Allen, Paul E ^a,b  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age effects; Clutch size; Directional selection; Egg laying; Experience effects; Laying date; Life history; New York; Physiological condition; Tachycineta bicolor; Timing of breeding; Tree swallow

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000123894     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265512     Document Type: Article

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