Age-related patterns of reproductive success in house sparrows Passer domesticus

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 603-611

  Hatch, Margret I ^a,b   Westneat, David F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BREEDING SEASON; FLEDGING; FUTURE PROSPECT; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; PASSERINE; PATH ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 34548538368     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2007.04044.x     Document Type: Article

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