A silver spoon for a golden future: Long-term effects of natal origin on fitness prospects of oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus)

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 616-626

  Van De Pol, Martijn ^a   Bruinzeel, Leo W ^a,b   Heg, Dik ^a,c   Van Der Jeugd, Henk P ^a   Verhulst, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Early conditions; Habitat selection; Lifetime reproductive success; Multistrata capture recapture models; Parental effects

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PASSERINE; REARING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHARADRIIFORMES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS;

EID: 33645392756     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01079.x     Document Type: Article

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