Body condition, migration, and timing of reproduction in snow geese: A test of the condition-dependent model of optimal clutch size

American Naturalist

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 110-121

  Bêty, Joël ^a,c   Gauthier, Gilles ^a   Giroux, Jean François ^b  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breeding date; Clutch size; Individual optimization; Migration; Phenotypic plasticity; Seasonal decline

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL DATE; BODY CONDITION; CLUTCH SIZE; LAYING DATE; MIGRATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTION; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY CONSTITUTION; CANADA; FEMALE; GOOSE; MIGRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GEESE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUNAVUT; QUEBEC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ANSER; ANSER CAERULESCENS; ANSER SP.; AVES; CHEN; CHEN CAERULESCENS ATLANTICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038167006     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/375680     Document Type: Article

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