Age-specific reproduction and survival of individually marked wood thrushes, Hylocichla mustelina

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 218-229

  Brown, William P ^a,b   Roth, Roland R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Hylocichla mustelina; Life history strategies; Life tables; Reproductive value; Senescence; Survival; Wood Thrush

Indexed keywords

AGING; BIRD; BREEDING; FLEDGING; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; LIFE TABLE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD; TIME;

AGING; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; HYLOCICHLA; HYLOCICHLA MUSTELINA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 63849177300     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-2061.1     Document Type: Article

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