Contrasted patterns of age-specific reproduction in long-lived seabirds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1655, 2009, Pages 375-382

  Berman, M ^a   Gaillard, J M ^b   Weimerskirch, H ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Antarctic seabirds; Breeding success; Life history; Senescence; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; DATA SET; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SENESCENCE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREEDING SUCCESS; DETERIORATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SENESCENCE;

ANTARCTICA;

FULMARUS GLACIALOIDES; PAGODROMA NIVEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 58149250392     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0925     Document Type: Article

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