Age-related change in breeding performance in early life is associated with an increase in competence in the migratory barn swallow Hirundo rustica

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 915-925

  Balbontín, Javier ^a   Hermosell, Ignacio G ^a   Marzal, Alfonso ^a,b   Reviriego, Maribel ^a   De Lope, Florentino ^a   Møller, Anders Pape ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

Author keywords

Breeding experience; Constraints and selection hypothesis; Fecundity; Linear mixed effect models (LME); Longevity; Senescence; Timing of reproduction

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; FECUNDITY; MIGRATION; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SENESCENCE;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWALLOW (BIRD);

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OVIPOSITION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; SWALLOWS;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 34547861269     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01269.x     Document Type: Article

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