Body condition and the grouping behavior of brood-caring female common eiders (Somateria mollissima)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 451-457

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body condition; Ecological constraints; Group size; N person staying incentive model; Somateria mollissima

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BROOD REARING; GROUP BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; WATERFOWL;

ANATIDAE; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 0141924669     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0641-0     Document Type: Article

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