Adaptive density dependence of avian clutch size

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3391-3403

  Both, Christiaan ^a   Tinbergen, Joost M ^b   Visser, Marcel E ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Brood size manipulation; Clutch size; Density dependence; Fitness; Optimality model; Parus major; Reaction norm

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLUTCH SIZE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; POPULATION MODELING;

PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 0034510422     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[3391:ADDOAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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