Cost of reproduction and the evolution of deferred breeding in the western gull

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 140-147

  Pyle, Peter ^a   Nur, Nadav ^a   Sydeman, William J ^a   Emslie, Steven D ^a,b  

^a PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^b WESTERN STATE COLORADO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

age; breeding experience; cost of reproduction; deferred breeding; gulls; reproductive success; survivorship

Indexed keywords

BREEDING EXPERIENCE; DEFERRED BREEDING; REPRODUCTIVE COST; WESTERN GULL;

LARUS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0030619944     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.2.140     Document Type: Article

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