Temporal patterns of fitness and survival in the Wood Thrush

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 958-969

  Brown, William P ^a,b   Roth, Roland R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian reproductive success; Fitness; Hylocichla mustelina; Life history theory; Neotropical migrant songbirds; Reproductive effort; Seasonality; Survival; Wood Thrush

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASONALITY; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; HYLOCHICHLA MUSTELINA; HYLOCICHLA MUSTELINA; PASSERI; TURDIDAE;

EID: 0010287555     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[0958:TPOFAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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