Adult predation risk drives shifts in parental care strategies: A long-term study

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-56

  Jaatinen, Kim ^a   Öst, Markus ^a   Lehikoinen, Aleksi ^b  

^a NOVIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dilution effect; Eider; Group formation; Long term data; Modelling; Offspring survival; Somateria mollissima; Theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BODY CONDITION; BROOD REARING; COALIFICATION; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; GROUP BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; PARENTAL CARE; PREDATION RISK; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DUCK; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ANIMALS; DUCKS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 78650004211     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01757.x     Document Type: Article

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