Can changes in provisioning by parent birds account for seasonally declining patterns of offspring recruitment?

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 921-928

  Bortolotti, L E ^a,d   Harriman, V B ^a   Clark, R G ^b   Dawson, R D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BROOD SIZE; FITNESS; FOOD QUALITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY;

AVES; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 80055037792     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z11-068     Document Type: Article

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