Indirect predator effects on clutch size and the cost of egg production

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 980-988

  Travers, Marc ^a,b   Clinchy, Michael ^c   Zanette, Liana ^b   Boonstra, Rudy ^d   Williams, Tony D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Cost of reproduction; Egg production; Nest predation; Non consumptive effects; Oxidative stress; Predator prey ecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; SPARROW;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SPARROWS;

EID: 77954802908     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01488.x     Document Type: Article

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