On the cost of reproduction in long-lived birds: The influence of environmental variability

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1781-1788

  Erikstad, Kjell Einar ^a,b   Fauchald, Per ^a,b   Tveraa, Torkild ^a,b   Steen, Harald ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brood enlargement; Cost of reproduction; Life history; Long lived species; Models; Parental effort; Seabirds; Stochastic environment

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LONGEVITY; MODELING; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0031853276     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1781:OTCORI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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