An experimental analysis of small clutch size in tropical house wrens

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 472-488

  Young, Bruce E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Organizacion para Estud Tropicales   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Brood manipulation; Clutch size; Food limitation; Future fecundity; Nest predation; Offspring quality; Population model; Survivorship; Trade off; Troglodytes aedon; Tropics

Indexed keywords

AVES; TROGLODYTES AEDON; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTINAE; TROGOLODYTES AEDON;

CLUTCH SIZE; FECUNDITY; HOUSE WREN; LIFE HISTORY; OFFSPRING SURVIVORSHIP; TRADE-OFF;

COSTA RICA, MONTEVERDE;

EID: 0030404076     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265623     Document Type: Article

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