Sex-specific behavior by a monomorphic seabird represents risk partitioning

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1024-1032

  Elliott, Kyle Hamish ^a,b   Gaston, Anthony J ^b   Crump, Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

risk aversion; sex specific behavior; thick billed murre; Uria lomvia

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BROOD REARING; FLEDGING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PREY AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RIPRAP; RISK FACTOR; SEABIRD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 77955883463     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq076     Document Type: Article

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