Which life-history components determine breeding productivity for individual songbirds? A case study of the Louisiana waterthrush (Seiurus motacilla)

Auk

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1186-1200

  Mattsson, Brady J ^a   Cooper, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding productivity; Fecundity; Individual based model; Life history components; Louisiana Waterthrush; Seiurus motacilla

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECUNDITY; FLEDGING; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SONGBIRD; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

PASSERI; SEIURUS MOTACILLA;

EID: 36448988897     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[1186:WLCDBP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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