Trade-off between migration and reproduction: Does a high workload affect body condition and reproductive state?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1351-1360

  Schmidt Wellenburg, Carola A ^a   Visser, G Henk ^b   Biebach, Brigitte ^a   Delhey, Kaspar ^a   Oltrogge, Martina ^a   Wittenzellner, Andrea ^a   Biebach, Herbert ^a   Kempenaers, Bart ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body mass; Energy expenditure; Migration; Reproduction; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY MASS; BREEDING; FOOD SUPPLY; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS ROSEUS;

EID: 56449128974     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn066     Document Type: Article

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