Weather dictates reproductive success and survival in the Australian brown falcon Falco berigora

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 683-692

  McDonald, Paul G ^a,b   Olsen, Penny D ^a   Cockburn, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Costs of reproduction; Fitness; Life history; Parental quality; Prey size

Indexed keywords

AGE; BREEDING; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY; PREY SIZE; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WEATHER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CICONIIFORMES; FALCO; FALCO BERIGORA; GALLUS GALLUS; RAPTORES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3142736050     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8790.2004.00842.x     Document Type: Article

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