The relative role of age and experience in determining variation in body mass during the early breeding career of the Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1885-1896

  Limmer, Bente ^a   Becker, Peter H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breeding experience; Chick rearing mass; Incubation mass; Seabird

Indexed keywords

AGE; BODY MASS; BREEDING SEASON; INCUBATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

AVES; MAMMALIA; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 34548576862     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0429-8     Document Type: Article

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