Pre-reproductive survival in a tropical bird and its implications for avian life histories

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1271-1281

  Tarwater, Corey E ^a,d   Ricklefs, Robert E ^b   Maddox, J Dylan ^c   Brawn, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at reproduction; First year survival; Juvenile; Life histories; Post fledging period; Reproductive investment; Survival; Thamnophilus atrinucha; Tropical

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SURVIVAL;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PANAMA; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL RATE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; PANAMA; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; THAMNOPHILUS ATRINUCHA;

EID: 79959917921     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-1386.1     Document Type: Article

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