Reproductive tactics under severe egg predation: An eider's dilemma

Oecologia

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 350-355

  Andersson, Malte ^a   Waldeck, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Egg survival; Laying sequence; Nest predation; Parental defence

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; EGG PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; DUCK; FEMALE; NESTING; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; DUCKS; FEMALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVUM; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION;

ANATIDAE; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 33744459638     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0374-7     Document Type: Article

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