Experimental evidence for a causal effect of pair-bond duration on reproductive performance in oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 982-991

  Van De Pol, Martijn ^a   Heg, Dik ^a,b   Bruinzeel, Leo W ^a,c   Kuijper, Bram ^a   Verhulst, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Age dependent reproduction; Constraint; Divorce; Intrapair cooperation; Long term monogamy; Restraint

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PAIR BOND; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

AVES; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS;

EID: 33749507792     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl036     Document Type: Article

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