Causes of reduced clutch size in a tidal marsh endemic

Oecologia

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 421-435

  Olsen, Brian J ^a,b,c   Felch, Joshua M ^b   Greenberg, Russell ^a   Walters, Jeffrey R ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg viability; Predation; Survival; Swamp sparrow; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LONGEVITY; MARSH; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; SWAMP; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SPARROW; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; DELAWARE; FEMALE; MALE; MARYLAND; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPARROWS; TEMPERATURE; WETLANDS;

AVES; MELOSPIZA GEORGIANA; MELOSPIZA GEORGIANA GEORGIANA;

EID: 55949084829     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1148-1     Document Type: Article

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