The income-capital breeding dichotomy revisited: Late winter body condition is related to breeding success in an income breeder

Ibis

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 172-176

  Guillemain, M ^a   Elmberg, J ^b   Arzel, C ^a,b,c   Johnson, A R ^d   Simon, G ^d  

^a OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^b KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

Author keywords

Anas crecca; Body condition; Breeding success; Camargue; Carry over effect; Income capital breeding; Winter

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BREEDING POPULATION; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WATERFOWL; WINTER;

BOUCHES DU RHONE; CAMARGUE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANAS CRECCA;

EID: 37849030378     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00700.x     Document Type: Article

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