Timing of initial arrival at the breeding site predicts age at first reproduction in a long-lived migratory bird

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 34, 2008, Pages 12349-12352

  Becker, Peter H ^a   Dittmann, Tobias ^a   Ludwigs, Jan Dieter ^b   Limmer, Bente ^a   Ludwig, Sonja C ^a   Bauch, Christina ^a   Braasch, Alexander ^a   Wendeln, Helmut ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^b RIFCON GMBH   (Germany)

^c Institut fur angewandte Okologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Prospecting; Recruitment age; Seabirds; Spring arrival

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; BREEDING; BREEDING SITE ARRIVAL; FEMALE; MALE; MIGRATING BIRD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEABIRD; SEASON; SEX;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BREEDING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; STERNA HIRUNDO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 50449097199     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804179105     Document Type: Article

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