Trade-off between mating opportunities and parental care: Brood desertion by female Kentish plovers

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1457, 2000, Pages 2087-2092

  Szekely, T ^a   Cuthill, I C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brood size; Charadrius alexandrinus; Mating opportunity; Offspring desertion; Parental care

Indexed keywords

NEST DESERTION; PARENTAL CARE; SHOREBIRD; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREEDING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MATING; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SURVIVAL;

CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS;

EID: 0034703657     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1253     Document Type: Article

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