Correlates of lifetime reproductive success in three species of European ducks

Oecologia

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-67

  Blums, Peter ^a,c   Clark, Robert G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Fitness; Fledging success; Lifetime reproductive success; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

FLEDGING; PATH ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DUCK; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; DUCKS; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION;

ANAS; ANAS CLYPEATA; ANAS SP.; AVES; AYTHYA; AYTHYA FERINA; AYTHYA FULIGULA;

EID: 3142647426     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1573-8     Document Type: Article

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