Condition and coalition formation by brood-rearing common eider females

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 311-317

  Öst, Markus ^a   Ydenberg, Ron ^b   Kilpi, Mikael ^c   Lindström, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body condition; Brood amalgamation; Coalitions; Common eider; Parental care; Partner choice; Solitary tending; Somateria mollissima

Indexed keywords

BROOD REARING; MATE CHOICE; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; SOMATERIA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 0037647475     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/14.3.311     Document Type: Article

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