Does prior breeding experience improve reproductive success in collared flycatcher females?

Oecologia

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 78-81

  Cichoñ, Mariusz ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Age specific reproduction; Breeding performance; Ficedula albicollis; Foraging skills; Reproduction costs

Indexed keywords

AGE; BREEDING; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LITTER SIZE; MALE; NESTING; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRDS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0037266833     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1099-x     Document Type: Article

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