Context-dependent effects of nestling growth trajectories on recruitment probability in the collared flycatcher

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1647-1658

  Hegyi, Gergely ^a   Rosivall, Balázs ^a   Szöllősi, Eszter ^a   Eens, Marcel ^b   Török, János ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age; Developmental plasticity; Individual quality; Parental investment; Plumage ornament; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GROWTH; NESTLING; ORNAMENTATION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLUMAGE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL; SONGBIRD;

AVES; FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 79960247876     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1175-5     Document Type: Article

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