Individual optimization of reproduction in a long-lived migratory bird: A test of the condition-dependent model of laying date and clutch size

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 671-681

  Descamps, Sébastien ^a,b   Bêty, Joël ^b   Love, Oliver P ^c   Gilchrist, H Grant ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Common eider; Cost of reproduction; D sep tests; Egg value; Individual optimization; Path analysis; Pre laying body condition; Somateria mollissima; State dependent reproduction

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; BODY CONDITION; BREEDING SITE; CLUTCH SIZE; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EGG; FITNESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAYING DATE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MODEL TEST; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; PATH ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL;

ANAS; AVES; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 79955500564     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01824.x     Document Type: Article

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