Production of insurance eggs in Nazca boobies: Costs, benefits, and variable parental quality

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 841-848

  Townsend, Howard M ^a,b   Anderson, David J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Cost of reproduction; Insurance hypothesis; Model selection; Multistate mark recapture models; Parental quality

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG PRODUCTION; FECUNDITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; SULA GRANTI;

EID: 34548413585     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm056     Document Type: Article

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