Visual and nutritional food cues fine-tune timing of reproduction in a neotropical rainforest bird

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 286, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 494-504

  Hau, Michaela ^a,b,c   Wikelski, Martin ^a,b,c   Wingfield, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CATERING SERVICE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SONGBIRD; TENEBRIO; TESTIS; TROPIC CLIMATE; VISION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CUES; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; TENEBRIO; TESTIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GRYLLIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYLOPHYLAX; INSECTA; PASSERI; TENEBRIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034176785     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(20000401)286:5<494::AID-JEZ7>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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