Reproductive effort and return rates in the Mountain White-crowned Sparrow

Condor

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 131-138

  Morton, Martin L ^a,c   Pereyra, Maria E ^b   Crandall, John D ^c   MacDougall Shackleton, Elizabeth A ^d   Hahn, Thomas P ^b  

^a OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Western Ontario ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost of reproduction; Mountain White crowned Sparrow; Reproductive effort; Trade offs; Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS; PASSERIDAE; VERTEBRATA; ZONOTRICHIA; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS ORIANTHA;

EID: 1142265908     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7304     Document Type: Article

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