Social and maternal factors affecting duckling survival in eiders Somateria mollissima

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 315-325

  Öst, Markus ^a   Smith, Barry D ^b   Kilpi, Mikael ^c  

^a Aronia   (Finland)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brood survival; Optimal group size; Reproductive success; Survival estimation

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FITNESS; GROUP SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVORSHIP; WADER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COOPERATION; DUCK; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DUCKS; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 38849146527     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01348.x     Document Type: Article

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