Lekking birds in a tropical forest forego sex for migration

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 661-663

  Boyle, W Alice ^a,d   Guglielmo, Christopher G ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^b,c   Norris, D Ryan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carry over effects; Evolution of migration; Life history trade offs

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FACULTATIVE BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MIGRATORY SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOCIAL STATUS; TRADE-OFF; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORAPIPO ALTERA;

EID: 80053896212     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0115     Document Type: Article

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