The trade-off of reproduction and survival in slow-breeding seabirds

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 889-899

  Dobson, F Stephen ^a,b   Jouventin, Pierre ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEEDING ECOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SEX ALLOCATION; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; DIOMEDEIDAE; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 77958095929     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z10-054     Document Type: Article

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