Date and parental quality effects in the seasonal decline in reproductive performance of the Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor: Interpreting results in light of potential experimental bias

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Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 439-447

  Wardrop, Sharilynn L ^a   Ydenberg, Ronald C ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HATCHING DATE; LAYING DATE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041766280     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1474-919X.2003.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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