Compensating for the costs of polygyny in hen harriers Circus cyaneus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 386-391

  Redpath, Stephen M ^a,b   Leckie, Fiona M ^a   Arroyo, Beatriz ^a   Amar, Arjun ^c   Thirgood, Simon J ^d,e  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circus cyaneus; Harriers; Parental care; Polygyny; Provisioning

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPENSATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HUNTING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PARENTAL CARE; POLYGYNY; PREDATION RISK; PREY AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AVES; CIRCUS; CIRCUS CYANEUS;

EID: 33745232352     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0176-2     Document Type: Article

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