Time and recruitment costs as currencies in manipulation studies on the costs of reproduction

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2938-2946

  Shutler, Dave ^a   Clark, Robert G ^b,c   Fehr, Carla ^b,c,d   Diamond, Antony W ^b,c,e  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lifetime reproductive success; Recruitment; Reproduction costs; Tachycineta bicolor; Tree swallows

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; FITNESS; HATCHING; LIFE HISTORY; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; TIME ALLOCATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 33845475199     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[2938:TARCAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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