Fitness consequences of pre- and post-fledging timing decisions in a double-brooded passerine

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2736-2745

  Grüebler, Martin U ^a,b   Naef Daenzer, Beat ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Barn swallow; Family breakup; Hirundo rustica; Mark recapture models; Parental care; Post fledging survival; Radiotelemetry; Selection; Timing of reproduction

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FITNESS; FLEDGING; FOOD SUPPLY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SURVIVAL;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; PASSERIFORMES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATERING SERVICE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SURVIVAL RATE; SWALLOW (BIRD); TELEMETRY; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BREEDING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWALLOWS; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149340815     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0786.1     Document Type: Article

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