Food supplementation and timing of reproduction: Does the responsiveness to supplementary information vary with latitude?

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 148, Issue SUPLL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Schoech, Stephan J ^a   Hahn, Thomas P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive specialization; Conditional plasticity; Environmental cues; Food supplementation; Timing of reproduction

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; LATITUDE; LAYING DATE; META-ANALYSIS; REARING; REPRODUCTION; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 36949024072     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-007-0177-6     Document Type: Article

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