Age-specific reproductive performance in red-billed choughs Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax: Patterns and processes in a natural population

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 765-776

  Reid, J M ^a,b   Bignal, E M ^c   Bignal, S ^c   McCracken, D I ^d   Monaghan, Pat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Scottish Chough Study Group   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Capture mark recapture; Individual quality; Life history trade off; Senescence; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGING; CLUTCH SIZE; FLEDGING; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

PASSERIFORMES; PYRRHOCORAX PYRRHOCORAX; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042196285     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2003.00750.x     Document Type: Article

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