Early moult improves local survival and reduces reproductive output in female pied flycatchers

Ecoscience

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-39

  Morales, Judith ^a   Moreno, Juan ^a   Merino, Santiago ^a   Sanz, Juan J ^a   Tomás, Gustavo ^a   Arriero, Elena ^a,b   Lobato, Elisa ^a   Martínez De la Puente, Josué ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ficedula hypoleuca; Haemoproteus; HSP; Life history trade offs; Local survival; Moult breeding overlap

Indexed keywords

HATCHING; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOLT; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; HAEMOPROTEUS;

EID: 34047238165     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/1195-6860(2007)14[31:EMILSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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