Unpredictable food supply modifies costs of reproduction and hampers individual optimization

Oecologia

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 432-443

  Török, János ^a   Hegyi, Gergely ^a   Tóth, László ^a   Könczey, Réka ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Brood size manipulation; Caterpillar availability; Clutch size; Ficedula albicollis; Year effect

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

AVES; FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SONGBIRD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DIET; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSECTS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 16644386351     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1667-3     Document Type: Article

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