Evolution of life histories along elevational gradients: Trade-off between parental care and fecundity

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2948-2960

  Badyaev, A V ^a   Ghalambor, C K ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Breeding elevation; Environmental gradient; Fecundity; Life history; Nest predation; Parental care; Sexual dimorphism; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; ELEVATION; FECUNDITY; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARENTAL CARE; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0034767342     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[2948:EOLHAE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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