Seasonal clutch size decline and individual variation in the timing of breeding are related to female body condition in a non-migratory species, the Upland Goose Chloephaga picta leucoptera

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 817-825

  Gladbach, Anja ^a   Gladbach, David Joachim ^b   Quillfeldt, Petra ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body condition; Chloephaga picta leucoptera; Clutch size decline; Egg size; Reproductive investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956700461     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-010-0518-8     Document Type: Article

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