Improvement of reproductive performance with age and breeding experience depends on recruitment age in a long-lived seabird

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 500-507

  Limmer, Bente ^a   Becker, Peter H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CLUTCH SIZE; DATA SET; FLEDGING; HATCHING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

AVES; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 78751590017     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.16673.x     Document Type: Article

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