Brood size and late breeding are negatively related to juvenile survival in a neotropical migratory songbird

Auk

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 716-725

  Tarof, Scott A ^a   Kramer, Patrick M ^a   Hill III, James R ^b   Tautin, John ^b   Stutchbury, Bridget J M ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Purple Martin Conservation Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Carryover effects; Dispersal movements; Juvenile survival; Migration survival; Progne subis; Purple martin; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; BROOD SIZE; DISPERSAL; FLEDGING; JUVENILE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SONGBIRD; TELEMETRY;

PASSERI; PROGNE; PROGNE SUBIS;

EID: 81855228928     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2011.11087     Document Type: Article

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