Seasonal declines in the fecundity of arctic-breeding sandpipers: Different tactics in two species with an invariant clutch size

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 460-468

  Sandercock, Brett K ^a,b   Lank, David B ^a   Cooke, Fred ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; EGG SIZE; FECUNDITY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WADER;

ALASKA; NOME; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CALIDRIS MAURI; CALIDRIS PUSILLA; CHARADRIIFORMES; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0033429276     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677018     Document Type: Article

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