Spatial scale of local breeding habitat quality and adjustment of breeding decisions

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1436-1444

  Doligez, Blandine ^a,c   Berthouly, Anne ^a   Doligez, Damien ^b   Tanner, Marion ^a   Saladin, Verena ^a   Bonfils, Danielle ^a   Richner, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INRIA   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

And habitat quality; Breeding investment; Environmental variability in time and space; Great tit; Individual breeding strategies; Parus major; Sex biased natal dispersal; Timing

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; CLUTCH SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HABITAT QUALITY; HETEROGENEITY; NATAL DISPERSAL; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; PATCH DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX RATIO; WILD POPULATION;

PARUS MAJOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO;

EID: 46749096757     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0113.1     Document Type: Article

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