Optimal annual routines: Behaviour in the context of physiology and ecology

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1490, 2008, Pages 301-319

  McNamara, John M ^a   Houston, Alasdair I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Life history; Seasonality; State; Timing of breeding; Trade offs; Virtual experiments

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASONALITY;

EID: 37049011807     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2141     Document Type: Review

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