The secondary adjustment of clutch size in red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-44

  Forbes, S ^a   Glassey, B ^a   Thornton, S ^a   Earle, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Parental optimism; Resource tracking; Sibling rivalry

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; MORTALITY;

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; AVES; TURDUS MERULA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034958816     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650100332     Document Type: Article

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