Reproductive compensation for offspring viability deficits by female mallards, Anas platyrhynchos

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 985-992

  Bluhm, Cynthia K ^a   Gowaty, Patricia Adair ^b  

^a Delta Waterfowl Wetlands Res Stn   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTION; TRADE-OFF; WATERFOWL;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANSER;

EID: 6044273816     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.01.012     Document Type: Article

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