Contributions of marginal offspring to reproductive success of Nazca booby (Sula granti) parents: Tests of multiple hypotheses

Oecologia

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 379-390

  Humphries, Courtney A ^a   Arevalo, V Danilo ^b   Fischer, Karen N ^a,c   Anderson, David J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL AZUAY   (Ecuador)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Insurance egg; Progeny choice; Resource tracking; Sibling competition

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; CLUTCH SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SIBLICIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHARADRIIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHARADRIIFORMES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SULA GRANTI;

EID: 32444445844     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0264-4     Document Type: Article

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