High and low, fast or slow: The complementary contributions of altitude and latitude to understand life-history variation

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 293-295

  Tieleman, B Irene ^a,b  

^a University of Groningen ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; LATITUDE; LIFE HISTORY;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SONGBIRD;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 59449085690     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01522.x     Document Type: Review

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