Parental investment and avian reproductive rate: Williams's principle reconsidered

American Naturalist

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 350-361

  Ricklefs, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bird; Clutch size; Demography; Life history theory; Optimality theory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; BOREAL; BROOD SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOOD SUPPLY; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; KANSAS; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

AVES;

EID: 77949528757     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650371     Document Type: Article

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