Indirect cues of nest predation risk and avian reproductive decisions

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 176-178

  Mönkkönen, Mikko ^a   Forsman, Jukka T ^b   Kananoja, Tiina ^a   Ylönen, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Information value; Life history variation; Nest predation

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MORTALITY; NEST PREDATION; NEST SITE; NESTING; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FOWL; MALE; NEST PREDATION; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; MUSTELIDAE; PREDATION; SMELLING; SONGBIRD; VISION;

AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CUES; FEMALE; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 65349105914     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0631     Document Type: Article

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