Energy and water budgets of larks in a life history perspective: Parental effort varies with aridity

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1399-1410

  Tieleman, B Irene ^a,c   Williams, Joseph B ^b   Visser, G Henk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaudidae; Aridity; Clutch size; Desert; Field metabolic rate; Growth rate; Larks; Life history; Nest predation; Water influx rate

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; ENERGY BUDGET; LIFE HISTORY; NESTLING; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; WATER BUDGET;

ALAUDIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; UPUPA EPOPS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346117948     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0170     Document Type: Review

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