Life history of breeding partners alters age-related changes of reproductive traits in a natural population of blue tits

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1129-1138

  Auld, Josh R ^a,b   Charmantier, Anne ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CLUTCH SIZE; CORRELATION; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FITNESS; FLEDGING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SENESCENCE; WILD POPULATION;

CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 79960624131     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.19161.x     Document Type: Article

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